• Agostino Chigi's Villa Suburbana : a Roman lifestyle, 1510-1520 

  Masinter, Margery (Cooper-Hewitt Museum and Parsons School of Design, 1993)
• Tiffany's mastery of mokume, Paris, 1889 

  Masinter, Margery (Cooper-Hewitt Museum and Parsons School of Design, 1991)
• The upholstery and chairmaking trades of eighteenth-century Newport, 1730-1790 

  Johnson, Jennifer (Thesis (M.A.)--Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Parsons School of Design, 2012)
• A craft of their own : women and metalworking in the American arts and crafts movement in Boston and Chicago 

  Erickson, Carlieanne Kaufman (Thesis (M.A.)--Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Parsons School of Design, 2012)
• Enduring furniture at an affordable price : reconstructing nineteenth-century business models 

  Carlino, Philip (Thesis (M.A.)--Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Parsons School of Design, 2012)
• Henry VIII--interiors of persuasion : Henrician magnificence within the ceremonial chambers of Whitehall Palace 

  Elston, Miranda (Thesis (M.A.)--Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Parsons School of Design, 2012)
• Feminist perspectives of socially responsible design : a case study of Sustainable Health Enterprises 

  Balthrop, Natalie (Thesis (M.A.)--Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Parsons School of Design, 2012)
• Understanding the impact of social design practices in Hale County, Alabama 

  Whipple, Ansley (Thesis (M.A.)--Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Parsons School of Design, 2012)
• "The good life" in post-war America : exploring material culture in four films by Elia Kazan 

  Kiick, Katy (Parsons The New School for Design, 2011)
• Herbert Bone and the Design of the Idylls of the King at the Royal Windsor Tapestry Manufactory 

  Gale, Amy (Parsons the New School for Design, 2004)

  The Royal Windsor Tapestry Manufactory was founded in 1876 by Henri J. C. Henry, an artistic advisor to Gillow & Co., and Marcel Brignolas, a French weaver.
• The antiquarian career of J.A. Lloyd Hyde : Americana as business and pleasure 

  Carlquist, Jennifer (Parsons the New School for Design, 2010)

  “The Antiquarian Career of J.A. Lloyd Hyde: Americana as Business and Pleasure” examines the life and career of American antiques dealer John Alden Lloyd Hyde (1902-1981). Hyde supplied, advised, and influenced many major ...
• Peace, politics and postZionism : contemporary left-wing graphic design in Israel 

  Kezwer, Bareket (Parsons the New School for Design, 2011)

  Peace, Politics, and PostZionism presents the first attempt at a comprehensive historical account of left-wing graphic design produced in Israel from the early 1970s until 2010. This study of graphic design artifacts and ...
• Whiting Manufacturing Company : a history of the firm and its Japanese-inspired silver (1860-1890) 

  Nova, Abigail Barnes (Parsons the New School for Design, 2010)

  Whiting Manufacturing Company (1866-1924) was among the most prolific and commercially successful American producers of silver in the Japanesque style, along with Tiffany and Company and Gorham Manufacturing Company. This ...
• Design, craft, and American identity : Russel Wright's "American-Way" project, 1940-2 

  Pierce, Dianne O. (Parsons the New School for Design, 2010-12)

  This paper examines the ideas and objects of the American-Way project for what they express about America’s mid-century cultural and design contexts. Situating the project within the career and ideological framework of ...
• A study of the development and influences of the "Balloon Back Chair" in early nineteenth-century America 

  Smith, Heather Christensen (Parsons the New School for Design, 2010)

  A Study of the Development and Influences of the “Balloon Back Chair” in Early Nineteenth-Century America analyzes and explores the history and origin of three examples of exceptional curvilinear chairs made in New York ...
• The ubiquitous miser’s purse 

  Camerlengo, Laura L. (Parsons the New School for Design, 2010)

  Purses, of all shapes, sizes, and designs, were the preeminent monetary storage device for men and women of the Victorian era, and the miser’s purse was perhaps the most ubiquitous in nineteenth-century culture. This ...
• Mobile/Home, the trailer as America 

  Tyler, Lindsay Elaine (2010)

  In the United States today the mention of trailers, or mobile homes, conjures up images of tornado and hurricane victims—people with no other choices available for their homes. Less than a century ago, however, the trailer ...
• Unicornucopia : The Unicorn as Collected Object 

  Pontbriand, Deirdre (2008)

  Faith in the unicorn arose around 400 B.C.E. and the legend of the white horse-like creature grew to fantastical proportions, incorporating medicinal superstition and Jesus Christ. Belief in the unicorn was reinforced by ...
• Furnishing Community : The Role of Margolis Furniture in the Lives of Hartford's Gentile and Jewish Families, 1920-1970 

  Pollack, Eileen S. (Thesis (M.A.)--Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Parsons School of Design, 2004)
• Where Credit is due : The Life and Jewelry Work of Gustav Manz, 1865-1946 

  Marhev, Courtney Bowers (2008)

  An overview of Gustav Manz, an early 20th century jewelry manufacturer who supplied major firms such as Tiffany, Cartier, and Marcus, among many others. Manz's existence was unknown to the buying public but his reputation ...

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