Adolph S. Cavallo (1926–2022)
Author of The Unicorn Tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
About the Author
Works by Adolph S. Cavallo
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Cavallo, Adolph S.
- Legal name
- Cavallo, Adolfo Salvatore
- Birthdate
- 1926-06-17
- Date of death
- 2022-06-09
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Harvard University (1952)
Harvard College (AB|1948) - Occupations
- art historian
museum curator - Organizations
- Boston Museum of Fine Arts [curator of textiles and costumes]
Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute [promoted to chair, 1970]
Detroit Institute of Arts
Cooper-Hewitt Museum - Relationships
- Woolfenden, William E. (partner)
- Short biography
- Adolfo S. Cavallo is an independent scholar who formerly worked at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Places of residence
- Southbury, Connecticut, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Connecticut, USA
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Interesting book on needlework in the Smithsonian. Printed in 1979 the book has few color pictures but more than was usual for book printed into the 1970's.
History of needlework over the world spanning two thousand years
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- Works
- 15
- Members
- 607
- Popularity
- #41,416
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 16