Background
He was born at Bellingham, Massachusetts, and educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and at Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1889).
He was born at Bellingham, Massachusetts, and educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and at Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1889).
Harvard University.
He taught at Chicago, Illinois for a decade, then moved to New York City. His writings appeared in many magazine articles and in several books He wrote Tapestries, their Origin, History, and Renaissance (1912), which was regarded as the finest book in English on the subject.
Other titles by him are:
Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance.
With four illustrations in color and 147 half-tone engravings. Publisher: John Lane Company.
New York 1912
Home Furnishing (1913)
The House that Jack Built (1914)
Italian Furniture and Interiors (1917)
Decorative Textiles (1918).