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American art curator and scholar
Lorraine Waxman Pearce in the 1960s

Lorraine Waxman Pearce, sometimes known as Lorraine Pearce, (April 14, 1934 – March 14, 2017) was a decorative arts scholar and the inaugural White House art curator, key to the Kennedy restoration of the White House.

Subsequent to her hiring by Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961, Pearce wrote the first guide that covered the White House's historic furnishings, which included George Washington's mirror, a chair from Lincoln's bedroom, a sofa attributed to Dolley Madison and items from John Tyler.

Pearce was a 1955 graduate of City College of New York and received her master's in early American culture from the Winterthur Program, a partnership between the Winterthur Museum and the University of Delaware. While at Winterthur where she worked as a registrar, she became known for her scholarship on the French impact on American arts. Henry Francis du Pont, the museum founder and chairman of the White House Fine Arts Committee, recommended Pearce for the curator role.

Pearce resigned as curator in 1962 and spent much of the rest of her life in arts education.

References

  1. ^ Sandomir, Richard (2017-04-07). "Lorraine Pearce Dies at 82; First White House Curator, Hired by the Kennedys". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  2. Abbott, James A.; Rice, Elaine M. (1997-10-09). Designing Camelot: The Kennedy White House Restoration. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-29242-5.
  3. ^ Watson, Robert P. (2012-02-01). Life in the White House: A Social History of the First Family and the President's House. SUNY Press. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-7914-8507-1.
  4. Pearce, Lorraine Waxman (1962). The White House: An Historical Guide. White House Historical Association.
  5. ^ "LORRAINE PEARCE Obituary (2017) The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  6. "The woman who furnished camelot (Sum 94)". www1.udel.edu. University of Delaware. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  7. "A True Tour de Force". Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  8. Waxman, Lorraine; Pearce, Lorraine Waxman (1958). French Influence on American Decorative Arts of the Early Nineteenth Century: The Work of Charles-Honoré Lannuier. University of Delaware.
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