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MEDICEAN ASPIRATIONS IN AMERICA: The Impact of William H. Vanderbilt's New York Drawing-room on American Palace Décor

Description:

In the second half of the nineteenth century there was a shift in Americans' self perception. While Americans in the colonial period aimed to establish themselves as the equivalent of English landed gentry, a newly wealthy American class after the Civil War strived to establish themselves as a...

Author:

Heimiller, Edward

Keyword:

Garrett, Barbedienne, Jules Allard et Fils, Vanderbilt, Gilded Age, and Herter Brothers

GW Unit:

Decorative Arts

Degree:

M.A.

Advisor:

Abbott, James A.

Committee Member(s):

Williams, Cynthia and Wilson, Richard G.

Resource Type:

Thesis or Dissertation