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Updated 4/15/2008

(Winners of the Clive Wainwright Thesis Award are *asterisked)

Dissertations:

Atkins, Jacqueline Marx.   Wearing Propaganda: Civilian Textiles on the Japanese Home Front 1931-1945 with Reference to Britain and The United States. 2006.

Ohad Smith, Daniella M.   Hotel Design in Zionist Palestine: Modernism, Tourism, and Nationalism, 1917-1948. 2006.

Shales, Ezra. John Cotton Dana and the Business of Enlightening Newark: Applied Art at the Newark Public Library and Museum, 1902-29. 2006.

Theses:

Abdur-Rahman (Mohideen), Ayesha.  Beadwork of the South African Nguni (Xhosa and Zulu Peoples): General Principles and Guidelines for Attribution.  1999.

Allen, Sara Gabriela. A Study of the Emergence of Fashion in Women's Eyeglasses in Mid-Twentieth Century America. 2004.

Archer, Sarah. Collecting the Lost Cause: Politics, Commemoration, and the Founding of the Museum of the Confederacy. 2006.

Aves, Tara Kelly.  The Tiffany Interior of Saint Paul’s Episcopalian Church in Troy, New York. 1999.

Barr, Alexis L. “Utility, with Reasonable Luxury”: Interborough Rapid Transit Station Interiors, 1900-1908. 2008.

Battaglino, Wendi. The Lighting Designs of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1998.

Becker, Katharine. In Search of Eugène Fontenay. 2006.

Bedrosian, Carolyn A. Eighteenth-Century France in the Gilded Age: Eleanore Elkins Widener Rice. 2006.

Beebe, James D. Tubular-Steel and Metal-Framed Furniture of the Lloyd Manufacturing Company of Menominee, Michigan, 1929-1947. 2000.

Bielicki, Dana. Crime and Violins: Sherlock Holmes and Objects. 2002.

Bingham, Lisa A. The Val-Kill Industries: An Analysis of Their Founding, Context, and Dissolution. 2000.

Blok, Anna. Collecting the American Illustrated Book: the Early Years of the Limited Editions Club. 2003.

Brabender, Amy. A Self-Made World: Place, Memory, and Magic in the House and Garden of Mary Nohl. 2006.

Brakebill, Carol Anderson Irish. William Hunt Diederich: Negotiating the Path from Sculpture to Decorative Arts 1910-1929. 1999.

Brandt, Erika. Contextualizing Objects: the hierarchical categorization of art explored through the art of Dale Chihuly. 2004.

*Brauer, Lisa Kylie. A Survey of Ga'u in the Traditional Culture of Tibet Prior to 1959, With a Catalog and an Index of Objects in the Collections of Five U.S. Institutions. 2001.

Brennan, Christine E. Prince Petr Soltykoff: an Important Nineteenth-Century Collector of Medieval Art. 2003.

Brierley, Sarah H. Longfellow's Wayside Inn: Henry Ford's Vision of the American Past. 2006.

Brown, Sheena Lee. Sartorial Splendor: Clothing at the Court of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1419-1465). 2003.

Buresh, James. Mid-Century Arcadia: Modern Classicism and Timeless Modernity in the Designs of Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings. 2007.

Campbell, Margaret Steward. Patented Linked Box Bracelets: Oscar Heyman & Bros., Inc.'s Contributions to the Manufacture of Gem-set Platinum Jewelry. 2003.

Cannatella, Anna-Maria. The Art of Display: Easels and Portfolio Stands in the Nineteenth-Century Domestic Interior. 2002.

Carr, Christian. Clear Comfort: The Alice Austen House and Museum. 1999.

Choi, Jennie. Elizabeth Hames: Maverick of American Clothing Design. 1998.

*Clouse, Doug. MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, an American Type Foundry. 2007.

Coes, Amy M. Thomas Brooks:  Cabinetmaker and Interior Decorator. 1999.

Cohen, Marilyn. The Material Culture of "I Love Lucy". 2004.

Cohen, Nina. Rye Playland: Amusement Park Beautiful? 2007.

Cohn, Melissa O. "Doing Over the Drawing Room": The Drawing Room and Women's Changing Social Status in The Novels of Edith Wharton. 2003.

Coleman, Cynthia J. The Russian Imperial Family at Home at the Alexander Palace. 2001.

Comito, Kristine. To Adorn and Improve: American Art Needelwork and Taste, 1876-1900. 2003.

Culp, Brandy S. Artisan, Entrepreneur and Gentleman: Alexander Petrie and the colonial Charleston silver trade. 2004.

Danalakis, Katherine. Furnishing the Greek House: Reconstructing the Domestic Interiors of Classical Greece. 2004.

Davidson, Sophie. Two Generations of Influence: Charles Lewis Tiffany and Phineas Taylor Barnum, and Louis Comfort Tiffany and Oscar Wilde. 1999.

De Filippis, Marybeth. Margarita Van Varick's East Indian Goods: Design Inspiration for 17th- and Early 18th-Century Furnishings. 2006.

Deitsch, Elka. The Pugilist in Prints: Depictions of Daniel Mendoza and Boxing Jews in England during the Commercial Revolution. 2008.

Deme, Edina. European Textile Designs for West Africans:  “The Aesthetic of Imperfection.” 2000.

DeNormandie, Laura. Mary Gregory: Life/Work.  2002.

Dohne, Mary E. Masculinity at home: Bachelor Pads and the Seduction of the American Dad. 2003.

Drakakis, Alexandra. Consuming the Cataclysm: Buying and Selling September 11, 2001. 2007.

Dude, Rosanna Eubank. Making the Wilderness a Destination: The Material Culture of Camping, 1850-1970. 2006.

Einik, Nurit. Contexts in Design: Eszter Haraszty at Knoll Associates, B.H. Wragge and Company, and the American Pavilion at the Brussels World's Fair. 2006.

Eleazar, Paula C. Lancaster Place: the Development Process of a Middle-Class Subdivision in Houston, Texas, 1911-1924. 2006.

Elshafei, Yasmin. "faict A Molins ala PalMe": Luxury Gardening Implements of the French Renaissance. 2006.

Emery, Susan B. Eighteenth-Century Japanned Furniture. 2003.

Espinosa, Natalie J. Arquitechura/México: Case Study of an Architecture and Design Magazine, 1938-1949. 2008.

*Eschapasse, Anne. The Impact of the French Revolution and the Dissolution of the Guilds on the Parisian Furniture Industry, 1789-1799. 1999.

Essner, Elizabeth. Frank Stanton's Eye: Building Black Rock and the CBS Vision of Design. 2006.

Esterlis, Victoria. The Seventh Regiment Armory: The Social History of a New York Landmark. 2008.

Farrell, Molly S. The Grove Park Inn: The Resort as Manifestation of the Commercialization of the Arts and Crafts Movement in America. 1996.

Feldman, Allison. Warmth and Friendly Glamour: Dorothy Draper as Brilliant Re-Brander of Interiors and Products. 2007.

Fish, Elizabeth L. Kerr. The Islamic-Style Silver Produced by Tiffany & Company under Edward C. Moore. 1997.

Flaherty, Susan Frances. Hobbit-holes, Tree Houses, and Towers: Production Design in The Lord of the Rings Films. 2007.

Flores, Patricia R. A Gentleman's Microcosm: Tapestries from the Sheldon Bedchamber at Chastleton House, Oxfordshire. 2007.

Forsyth, Barbara E. Hanson. An Investment in the Domestic Ideal: The History and Significance of the Bridal Registry in America. 2003.

*Fragopoulou, Maria Ernest. The Farnese Casket: A Study in Humanist Patronage and Iconography in Sixteenth-Century Rome. 2002.

Frankel, Elizabeth Caffry. Architectural Pottery: Marketing Modern Design. 2000.

Freeman, Helen McCall. Reconstructing the Interior: Case Studies of Arts and Crafts Period Rooms. 2007.

Fujii, Rina. Mr. Spectator and Mr. Shopper: Case Studies of Male Consumption in The Tatler and The Spectator, 1709-1714. 2008.

Gallagher,Brian Dennis. Instruments of Devotion, Objects of Delight:  Augsburg House Altars from the Late Sixteenth to the Early Seventeenth Centuries. 1998.

Gerstenecker, Elyse Danielle. “More Nearly a Home”: American Collegiate Residence Hall Design for Women, 1929-1941. 2008.

Gerwin, Timothy L. Sytho-Siberian Motif Transfer to the Kushan Empire and Abbasid Samarra: Possible Origins of the Arabesque. 2007.

Gifford, Barbara Paris. Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Rethinking the London Years 1915-1923 : A Case for the Textile Designs. 2004.

Gill,  Jennifer M. Re-Orienting the Vernacular: Arts & Crafts Theory and the Interpretation of Song-dynasty Ceramics by Bernard Leach, Yanagi Soetsu, and Potters in their Circle, c. 1910-1940. 2008.

Gonzalez, Sierra Araneta. Shopping for Modern Design: Three Case Studies in Contemporary Design Retail, 1964-2007. 2008.

Gordon, John. Selling Splendor: the House of Jewels and the American Luxury Market, 1937-1940. 2003.

Gorzka, Julia. Arts and Crafts Societies in America: The Division of Social and Aesthetic Reform. 1998.

Griffith, Alexandra. Jean-François de Bastide's La Petite Maison: The Decorative Arts, Architecture and the Intellectual Culture of the Ancien Régime. 2002.

Grunewald, Martina. The Commerce of Art: A Cultural History of Museum Merchandising, 1850-2004. 2005.

Gura, Judith B.  Edward J. Wormley: the Making, and Undoing, of a “Middle-Range” Modernist. 1999.

Gustafson, Jill. Freda Diamond: An American Industrial Designer. 2003.

Hall, Katherine Rhoades. The Use and Significance of Mirrors in the French Domestic Interior, 1665-1789. 2006.

Hannah, Caroline Margaret.  James Carr (1820-1904) and His New York City Pottery (1855-1889). 2000.

Harden, Edgar Frederick. Framemaking in 18th-century Paris: The Lives and Work of the Infroits and Cherins. 1998.

Hargrave, Michelle. Neoclassical Dress and its Enemies: Female Neoclassical Dress in Georgian Satirical Prints and Prescriptive Literature, c. 1793-1820. 2003.

*Hartzell, Freyja Thorbjorn. Transcendant Earth: Clay, Craft and Culture in Germany, 1880-1930. 2004.

Hill, Susannah B. Reed & Barton: The Electroplating Years, 1848-1889. 2000.

Howard, Ella. A Comparative Study of Feminist Writings on Aspects of the History of Design and the Decorative Arts, 1970-1995. 1998.

Hughes, Eileen K. Heart Brooches in Scotland & North America from the 15th-19th centuries. 2004.

Hunter, Stacy J. Native American Culture in Euro-American Life: A Transcultural Object History of Northeast North America and the Impact of the Early Contact Period. 2004.

Ingram, Jeannie Alese. Image and Text: a Study of Sources, Meanings and Function of a set of sixteenth-century spice plates designed by the engraver, P over M. 2004.

Iverson, Stephanie Day. Bonnie Cashin Before Bonnie Cashin Designs, Inc. 1999.

Jeffers, Grace. Machine Made Natural: The Decorative Products of the Formica Corporation, 1947-1962. 1998.

Johnson, Kathryn. A Place of Her Own: Mrs. Jane Loudon's Gardening for Ladies and the Flower Garden Companion as the Women's Sphere in America, 1843-1893. 2007.

Kallab, Majda. Evergreens, the Residence of Charles S. Shultz (1839-1924): a Study in Late Nineteenth-Century Patronage, Collecting, and Consumer Behavior. 2002.

Kelly, Tara A. The Power of the Word Enshrined: The Historical and Cultural Development of the Book Shrine in Ireland. 2007.

Killian Jacquelann Grace. The Artifactual Life of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gould, 1863-1892. 2006.

Kinsel, Rick Alan. The Designs of the House of Coty. 1999.

Kis, Csongor Imre. Le Sacerdotesse dell'Atene d'Italia: Royal Female Patronage at the Bourbon Court of Parma in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century. 2006.

Klos, Jennifer Lynn. The Fashioned Travel Case: Women's Luggage in Postwar America, 1946-1960. 2007.

Klug, Emily. Allure of the Silent Beauties: Mannequins and Display in France and America, 1890-1970. 2006.

Kretchschmer, Christina. Jean Haure: Entrepreneur du Garde-Meuble. 2007.

Krick, Jessa J. From Concept to Closet: Pendleton Woolen Mills and the Women's 49'er Jacket, 1949-1961. 2003.

*Kuldna, Kersti. Porcelain and Politics: Case Study of Series "People of Russia" by Imperial Porcelain Manufactory c. 1780-1800. 2001.

Kuyper, Daan de. WENDINGEN:  A Case Study of Dutch Modernism 1918-1931, with Special Reference to the Magazine’s Typography. 2000.

Labaco, Ronald T. Museum Dinnerware (1946): the Confluence of Designer, Manufacture, and Museum. 2001.

Labson,  Eva Louise. The Idea of Nature in Elizabethan and Stuart Embroideries: 1575-1700. 2008.

*Lanier, Jessica. The Post-Revolutionary Ceramics Trade in Salem, Massechusetts, 1783-1812. 2004.

Larson, Jennifer. Hillbilly couture: The "Rhinestone Cowboy" Aesthetic of Nudie Cohen 1948-1966. 2004.

Lee, Karen S. The Great Mughals and Their Patronage: Sumptuous Courtly Regalia and Jewels of the 17th and 18th Centuries. 2006.

Leong, Evelyn B. A Potter in the Making: the Craft of Dora Lunn. 2007.

*Lichtman, Sarah A. House, Home, and Visions of American Domesticity: The 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow. 2002.

Liddle, Kimberly S. 97 Orchard Street, New York City: A Case Study for Common Grades of Wallpaper, c. 1890-1930. 1999.

Lie, Carolyn Mae. Constructing an American Modernism: Marcel Breuer's House in the Museum Garden (1949) and the Museum of Modern Art, NY. 2006.

Linderman, Nicole. An Examination of Emblematic Jewelry in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries in America. 1998.

Lowenthal, Andrea. Middle Class Americans and the Rhetoric of Modern Architecture and Design, 1945-1955. 1996.

Lydiatt, Sara Maud. Transcontinental Travels: Two American Limited Trains, 1900-1914. 2001.

Mac Neil, Malcolm Neil. Unraveling the Mystery of an American Art Glass Rarity: The Quezal Art Glass and Decoration Company. 1997.

*Maile, Margaret. Richard Kelly: American Architectural Lighting Design, From Johnson's Glass House to Seagram's Glass Box (1948-1958). 2002.

Martin, Kristin M. The Hispanic Society of America's Collection of Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Ecclesiastical Textiles. 2006.

Master, Leah. A Highly Valued Education: Craft-based Learning For Women in Colonial and Early Federal New England. 2007.

Mates, Randi. Shredded: The History of Popular Paper Clothing. 2005.

Mayer, Barbara. Reynolda House: The Creation of an American Country House and Its Survival into the Present. 1997.

Maynard, Emily Wheat. The Extent of Ancient Influence in Italian Renaissance Jewelry. 2004.

McCormick, Heather Jane. Ernest Plassmann, 1822-1877: A New York Carver, Sculptor, Designer and Teacher. 1998.

Microulis, Laura. Charles Hindley & Sons, London House Furnishers of the Nineteenth Century: A Case Study Examining History, Patronage, and Production. 1996.

Miller, Amy Pierce.  The Selling of Nationalism: The Celtic Revival, Consumerism, and the Tara Brooch (1850-1925). 2000.

Miller, Deborah. Arts and Crafts and Their Application to Mohandas Gandhi’s Freedom Movement. 2000.

Mohseni, Yasmine S. A Gilded Life: Jean Royère in the Middle East. 2006.

Morgan, Amanda. "The Dreamers in the Moon": Spirituality and Modernism in Glasgow Design at the Turn of the Century. 2007.

Mucha, Alexis. Reflected in the Window: Simon Doonan's Window Displays for Barneys New York, 1986-2000. 2007.

Muniz, Julie M. Exotic Personae: Orientalism and Occidentalism in the Development of the Egyptian Cabaret Costume. 2002.

Murtha, Hillary. The Machine on the Table: Mechanical Dining Objects and American Middle-Class Gentility, 1850-1900. 1998.

Musicant, Marlyn Renee. Maria Kipp: Modern Hand-Woven Textiles. 2002.

Musto, Jeanne-Marie. The Upper Cover of the Lindau Gospels: A Unique Synthesis of Artistry and Theology from the Reign of Charles the Bald. 1996.

Naimzadeh,  Jennifer Dale. Carved Hardstone Vessels in Mughal India, 1605-1658. 2008.

Nash, Daphne T. The Art Collection of Mary Jane Morgan: A Document of Taste in Nineteenth Century New York. 1999.

Newmark, Serena. Linley Furniture and Company: A Study in the Design and Marketing of Bespoke Furniture. 2007.

Nisivoccia, Renee. Godly Taste: Architecture and Interiors of Mt. Tabor A Nineteenth-Century Methodist Camp Meeting. 1999.

Obniski, Monica. Understanding Diversity in 1930s American Design: Gilbert Rohde's Design for Living Interior at A Century of Progress, 1933. 2006.

Olshin, Jennifer. The Contribution of Percier and Fontaine to the History of the Decorative Arts. 1998.

Osborn, Amy. All the Little Treasures That Belong Nowhere Else: An Examination of Clutter in Aesthetic America. 2007.

Papacosma, Kathryn. "For the Recreation of the Metropolis": Brooklyn's Prospect Park, 1865-1875. 2007.

Pelletier,  Caron E. Persistent Innovation: The Rambusch Company and American Twentieth-Century Stained Glass and Decorative Glass, 1930-1980. 2008.

*Perers, Maria. G.A. Berg: Swedish Modernist Designer and Propagandist. 2003.

Perkins, Scott William. Vignelli Associates and Saint Peter's Church: An Expression of Worship through Design. 2002.

Pessa, Joanna. The Zephyr in Hand: A Social History of Western European Fashion Fans. 1999.

Petty, Jason R. Heard by the Eye: Old Violins in Victorian Britain. 2002.

Pildes, Miranda Leigh. Ars Melancholia: An Investigation into the Formal and Occult Virtues of Rudolfine Decorative Arts. 2002.

*Pitman, Jennifer. China’s Presence at the Centennial Exhibition. 1999.

Post, Melissa G. Sung Stoneware as the Shaper of Modern Swedish Stoneware 1878-1978. 2001.

Poutasse, Marianna. Decorating a Hudson River Estate: Robert Bowne Suckley and Joseph Burr Tiffany at Wilderstein. 1995.

Priore, Alicia M. An Analysis of the Ceramic Wares in the Cabinet of Francois Boucher (1703-1770): Premier Peintre du Roi. 1998.

Pyne, Ann. From Formula to a Distinctive Aesthetic: The Evolution of the Influence of the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts on Eleanor Stockstrom McMillen Brown. 2007.

*Quintero, Andrea. Too Close to Home: An Investigation of Staging in Real Estate. 2006.

Rahm, Danielle T. Donald MacDonald: Stained Glass Pioneer? 2006.

Ramantanin, Constantine Alexander.  W.A.S. Benson and Sir Edward Burne-Jones: A Working Friendship. 1999.

Ray,  Meghan Therese. The Byzantine Agricultural Landscape: the Evidence of the Geoponika. 2008.

Reed, Katherine L. The Modern Priscilla: Colonial Revival in an American Women's Magazine, from 1887 through 1930. 2003.

Reitmeyer, Ryan. The Expeditions of Roy Chapman Andrews and a Study of Mongolian Dress. 2007.

Riegler, Shax. "Singing the Song of the Past: Mario Praz, Collector and Historian of the Decorative Arts. 2006.

Rogers, Heather Wexler. The Impact of Technological and Societal Change on the Development of Ceramics in the Pacific Northwest as seen in the Willamette River Valley of Western Oregon 1850-1938. 2001.

Saunders, Julie Elizabeth. The Honourable Peter Charles Larkin, Collector, Philanthropist, and Fifth High Commissioner for Canada in London: A Study on Canadian Collecting in the Decorative Arts. 1999.

Scanlan, Jennifer. Mita Di Nervi: A Case Study of Collaboration betweetn Artists and Manufacturers in Twentieth-Century Italy. 2004.

Schlesinger, Natasha. An Examination of Bourgeois Interiors and Furniture in Early 19th Century France: The Merlin Family Collection of Furniture and Decorative Objects at Chateau de Villepreux. 1998.

Seaton, Nancy. Modern Landscapes: The Role of Twentieth Century Science in Design. 2008.

Seddon,  Klara B. Tearooms & Teahouses: Expressions of Literati and Merchant Culture in Late Ming China. 2008.

Setliff, Eric. "On a Crusade": Clair Stewart and Graphic Design in Canada. 2001.

Sharpe, Adrienne Leigh. Literary Inspirations, Ancient Touchstones, and Vanished Legends: Morris & Company's contributions to, and Arts and Crafts Influences upon, three American Commissions, c. 1870-1896. 2006.

Sheehan, Patrick W. French Eighteenth-Century Tôle Mounted Furniture: Evaluation of a Medium. 2002.

Shinnick,  Kaitlin. The Jewelry of Josephine Hartwell Shaw. 2008.

Shkolnikova, Nadezhda. From Russian Traditional Dress to Western Fashion: A Case Study of Russian Merchant Costume (1785 - 1850). 2002.

Silverberg,  Heidi Gabrielle. Portable Worlds: Travel, Tourism and the Contemporary Artist’s Photo Book. 2008.

Simons, Theodora W. Historicism in Charleston 1825-1850. 2000.

Skogh, Lisa. The Konstkabinett of Swedish Dowager Queen Hedvig Eleonora of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1636-1715) - a reconstruction of its idea and content. 2005.

Smails, Arcadia Elizabeth. Similar Differences: 'Primitivism' and the Quest for a Multicultural Modernism, The Museum of Modern Art, 1933-1984. 2006.

Snyder, Nell. Russel Wright's Dragon Rock: Public Showroom and Private Retreat. 2007.

Snyder, Whitney. Ferns in American Popular Culture, 1860-1910. 1999.

Spinozzi, Adrienne. The Life and Works of Sarah Agnes Estelle Irvine (1185-1970). 2006.

Spriggs, Remi. The Domestic Glassware of James Hogan (1883-1948). 2003.

Steinhardt,  Anna Hoffman. La Reine et le Fermier: Marie-Antoinette's Hameau in Context. 2008.

Stern, Laura. Eco Chic: The Influence of Contemporary Aesthetics on Green Product Design in the 21st Century. 2007.

Sullivan, Elizabeth William Blake and the Art of the Book: Visions of the Daughters of Albion. 2002.

Sunwoo, Irene. Archigram and the Constancy of Change: Michael Webb's Suitaloon and Cushicle, 1966-2002. 2003.

Swanstrom, Audrey A. Hans Collaert I's Arabesque Jewelry Pendants and Sixteenth-Century Ornament. 2007.

Sweeney,  Alison Rebecca. Accessorizing a War: Jewelry in the United States of America, 1941-1945. 2008.

Symons, Michele Leighton. Canadian Participation in the Great Exhibition of 1851. 2003.

*Talbot, Lee Armstrong. Seventeenth-century Chinese Silk Furnishing Textiles in New York Collections. 2001.

Tavares, Jonathan James. Morion: Helmet of the early modern soldier. 2007.

Tedesco, Beth A. William Hamilton, Thomas Hope and the Hamilton Vases in the Hope Colletion. 2005.

Tilles, Rebecca L. Reconstruction of Marie-Antoinette's Corbeille de Mariage: A Model of Royal Commemorative Furniture and Early Neoclassical Design. 2007.

Trainer, Mary Uihlein. The Jewelry of Lluis Masriera and Catalan Modernisme in Barcelona. 2002.

Tredway, Thomas D. Constructing Schiaparelli: Interiors, Persona and Commerce. 2006.

Tripp, Cynthia. The Princely Pavillions of Haga and Bagatelle. 2001.

Van Saun, Freya. The Road to Beauty: Stewart Culin and the American Textile and Clothing Industries. 1999.

Vu, Han Nguyen. Three Projects Demonstrating Digital Technology as Tools for Museum Professionals. 2003.

Wahlberg, Katherine A. Cornelius Kierstede: Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Silversmiths of New York and Connecticut. 2004.

Wainwright,  Jenna Christine. Collecting Junk: Providence Throwaway Style, 1995-present. 2008.

Walton, Jennifer P. The Brooklyn Sanitary Fair: Marketing Historicism and Promoting Benevolence in Civil War America. 2005.

Ward, John D. Recovering Glory: A Reconstruction of the Upholstery of the Thierry de Ville d’Avray Bedroom Suite at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1998.

*Warsh, Marie Ray. "The Truest Reform Work": The Children's School Farm, New York City, 1902-1931. 2007.

Waterman, Eliza. Design Reform and the Furniture Workshops of the Byrdcliffe and Roycroft Arts and Crafts Colonies. 2000.

*Waycott,  Laurel Joy. The Aquarium in America: 1850-1920. 2008.

Webster, Deborah. Philadelphia’s Table Damask Industry in Frankford: A Reflection of 19th Century American Industry and Culture.  1999 

Wegner, Emma Claire. The Cleveland Fountain: Courtly Magnificence and Allegory in a Fourteenth-century Metalwork Fountain. 2006.

Whitesell, Steve. Henry Stuart Ortloff and Henry Bond Raymore as Exemplars of Popular Garden Writing and Landscape Design in Mid-Century America. 2007.

Wimmer, Tricia Anne. The Californian; for the California way of life: Fashioning a New American Lifestyle 1945-1954. 2006.

Wing, Sharon Lee. Saint Ann’s Church: An American Venetian Gothic Revival Episcopal Church. 2000.

Wishner, Leigh. How the Leopard Changes its Spots: Leopard in Western Fashion History, 1720-1960. 2004.

Youngman, Catherine. The Tomb of the Wanli Emperor and Costume at the Late Ming Court. 2003.

Zilber, Emily. "A Delicate Link to Their Far Away Country:" The Scuola d'Industrie Italiane (1905-1927) and the Translation of the Nineteenth Century Italian Reproduction Textile Workshop into an American Context. 2007.

Zucker, Emily. Fabricating Selves: Women and Cloth Art Dolls. 2007.

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