Sullivan, Mary Hammond.

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Mary Hammond Sullivan was a guide at Winterthur Museum for forty years, retiring in 1995. She developed a special interest in Oriental rugs and did a great deal of research into that topic. She was a member of the New York and Washington Haji Baba Rug Society. Mrs. Sullivan was also interested in Pennsylvania German furniture. She co-authored an article on that topic for the May 1973 issue of The Magazine Antiques, as well as a book entitled Decorated Furniture of the Schwaben Creek Valley, published by the Pennsylvania German Society in 1980. She died on July 25, 2005.

From the description of Papers, ca.1969-ca.1990. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261235110

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Decorative arts, Pennsylvania Dutch
Furniture, Pennsylvania Dutch
Islamic rugs
Rugs, Oriental
Shakers
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Active 1969

Active 1990

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