Davidson, Gail S., 1941-

House proud : nineteenth-century watercolor interiors from the Thaw collection / Gail S. Davidson, Floramae McCarron-Cates, Charlotte Gere. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution : Distributed to the trade worldwide by Assouline Pub., c2008. - 160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held Aug. 12, 2008-Jan. 25, 2009, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution. "Some research in this catalogue was originally published in Charlotte Gere, An album of nineteenth-century interiors : watercolors from two private collections (New York : The Frick Collection, 1992)"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-155) and index.

Foreword / Paul Warwick Thompson -- The Inside Story: Prints and Drawings of Interiors in Cooper-Hewitt's Collection / Gail S. Davidson -- House Proud: From Amateur to Professional and from Grand to Comfortable / Charlotte Gere and Floramae McCarron-Cates.

0910503907 9780910503907


Thaw, Eugene Victor--Art collections--Exhibitions.
Thaw, Clare--Art collections--Exhibitions.


Watercolor painting--19th century--Exhibitions.
Genre painting--19th century--Exhibitions.
Interior decoration in art--Exhibitions.

N8219.I47 / .D25 2008