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The author does an admirable job in showcasing not only the talents of White but also the rise of interior design as a profession. -- Barbara Jacobs * Booklist * The book is a breakthrough account of White the dealer and director... The book is a major contribution to decretive arts literature. * Antiques and The Arts Weekly * White's interior's, even as ghosts known only from grainy vintage photos, still have much to teach, especially about the art of loosening up while going over the top. -- Eve M. Kahn * Period Homes * A key text for understanding the great houses of the Gilded Age. -- Thomas Denenberg * Winterthur Portfolio *

The author does an admirable job in showcasing not only the talents of White but also the rise of interior design as a profession. -- Barbara Jacobs, Booklist The book is a breakthrough account of White the dealer and director... The book is a major contribution to decretive arts literature. -- Antiques and The Arts Weekly White's interior's, even as ghosts known only from grainy vintage photos, still have much to teach, especially about the art of loosening up while going over the top. -- Eve M. Kahn, Period Homes A key text for understanding the great houses of the Gilded Age. -- Thomas Denenberg, Winterthur Portfolio

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Wayne Craven is the H. F. du Pont Winterthur Professor of Art History, Emeritus, at the University of Delaware. He is the author of American Art: History and Culture, Two Hundred Years of American Art: The Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute and Sculpture in America, among many others. He lives in Newark, Delaware.

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