Date of Award
Fall 1-3-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Nebahat Avcioglu
Second Advisor
Tara Zanardi
Academic Program Adviser
Lynda Klich
Abstract
This thesis offers new research on the Sitting Room at the Nickerson Mansion, an 1883 Gilded Age-era house in Chicago, IL. As a rare extant example of neo-Islamic interior design, it provides a new lens on Orientalism in American domestic architecture and a new perspective on Mrs. Nickerson, a little-known female tastemaker of her time.
Recommended Citation
Treumann, Julie, "Aesthetics and Hidden Orientalism in Chicago's Nickerson Mansion" (2025). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1272
