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Janet Waring

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55: 70:. Interested in the history of stenciling, she compiled a large collection of stencil designs taken from rooms and furniture. Her research, along with that of 330: 74:, was instrumental in reviving interest in the art of stenciling in the twentieth century, some years after it had gone out of fashion. Her 1937 book, 325: 315: 310: 305: 243: 216: 189: 79: 85:
A collection of Waring's photographs of stencils, likely made in connection with the publication of her book in 1937, is held by the
300: 67: 47: 59: 78:, has been called "seminal" and "definitive" in the field. Waring died in Yonkers after a long illness. She is buried at 51: 118: 22:(January 4, 1870 – January 8, 1941) was an American art historian specializing in American decorative arts. 86: 98: 90: 106: 71: 94: 295: 290: 34:, Waring was the daughter of hat manufacturer John T. Waring; her father was the original builder of 114: 259: 320: 102: 35: 54:
branch of the women's auxiliary of the board of missions, and chairing the women's auxiliary of
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Nancy Carlisle; Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (2003).
63: 164: 58:; at one time she was vice-chairman of the women's auxiliary of the 46:. For much of her life she was active in the affairs of the 238:. Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. 181:
Ornamented Chair: Its Development in America (1700-1890)
76:Early American Stencils on Walls and Furniture 8: 159:. Active Interest Media, Inc. pp. 10–. 153:Active Interest Media, Inc. (January 1975). 235:Cherished Possessions: A New England Legacy 130: 136: 134: 56:St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church 7: 331:20th-century American women writers 208:American Wall Stenciling, 1790-1840 184:. Tuttle Publishing. pp. 84–. 14: 326:20th-century American historians 316:Historians from New York (state) 260:"Janet Waring photographs, 1932" 93:; it contains images of work by 68:Society of Mayflower Descendants 178:Zilla Rider Lea (1 June 1989). 38:, later to become the home of 1: 311:People from Yonkers, New York 306:American women art historians 119:Thomas Jefferson Gildersleeve 60:Episcopal Diocese of New York 347: 62:. She was a member of the 205:Ann Eckert Brown (2003). 87:Archives of American Art 301:American art historians 91:Smithsonian Institution 16:American art historian 211:. UPNE. pp. 9–. 72:Esther Stevens Brazer 66:of New York and the 142:The New York Times 52:Westchester County 245:978-0-9706394-8-6 218:978-1-58465-194-9 191:978-1-4629-1331-2 156:Old-House Journal 111:Lambert Hitchcock 80:Woodlawn Cemetery 50:, serving on the 32:Yonkers, New York 338: 275: 274: 272: 270: 256: 250: 249: 229: 223: 222: 202: 196: 195: 175: 169: 168: 150: 144: 138: 95:Moses Eaton, Jr. 48:Episcopal Church 44:Samuel Untermyer 40:Samuel J. Tilden 346: 345: 341: 340: 339: 337: 336: 335: 281: 280: 279: 278: 268: 266: 258: 257: 253: 246: 231: 230: 226: 219: 204: 203: 199: 192: 177: 176: 172: 152: 151: 147: 139: 132: 127: 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 344: 342: 334: 333: 328: 323: 318: 313: 308: 303: 298: 293: 283: 282: 277: 276: 264:www.aaa.si.edu 251: 244: 224: 217: 197: 190: 170: 145: 140:Obituary from 129: 128: 126: 123: 115:Jarred Johnson 27: 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 343: 332: 329: 327: 324: 322: 319: 317: 314: 312: 309: 307: 304: 302: 299: 297: 294: 292: 289: 288: 286: 265: 261: 255: 252: 247: 241: 237: 236: 228: 225: 220: 214: 210: 209: 201: 198: 193: 187: 183: 182: 174: 171: 166: 162: 158: 157: 149: 146: 143: 137: 135: 131: 124: 122: 120: 116: 112: 108: 104: 100: 99:William Eaton 96: 92: 88: 83: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 25: 23: 21: 267:. Retrieved 263: 254: 234: 227: 207: 200: 180: 173: 155: 148: 141: 84: 75: 30:A native of 29: 20:Janet Waring 19: 18: 296:1941 deaths 291:1870 births 107:George Lord 103:Ivers White 64:Colony Club 285:Categories 125:References 321:Clubwomen 165:0094-0178 36:Greystone 26:Biography 269:Apr 22, 89:of the 242:  215:  188:  163:  117:, and 271:2019 240:ISBN 213:ISBN 186:ISBN 161:ISSN 42:and 287:: 262:. 133:^ 121:. 113:, 109:, 105:, 101:, 97:, 82:. 273:. 248:. 221:. 194:. 167:.

Index

Yonkers, New York
Greystone
Samuel J. Tilden
Samuel Untermyer
Episcopal Church
Westchester County
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church
Episcopal Diocese of New York
Colony Club
Society of Mayflower Descendants
Esther Stevens Brazer
Woodlawn Cemetery
Archives of American Art
Smithsonian Institution
Moses Eaton, Jr.
William Eaton
Ivers White
George Lord
Lambert Hitchcock
Jarred Johnson
Thomas Jefferson Gildersleeve


Old-House Journal
ISSN
0094-0178
Ornamented Chair: Its Development in America (1700-1890)
ISBN
978-1-4629-1331-2
American Wall Stenciling, 1790-1840

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