Selected Research, Curatorial Projects and Presentations

• Unique Estate Appraisals: Valuing National Treasure and Cultural Property Items. Presentation for San Diego County Bar Association (05)
• Oriental rugs in Renaissance painting; keynote presentation to San Francisco Bay Area Rug Society (03)
• Wrote connoisseurship course on French Neoclassical furniture (02)
• Organized and curated retrospective exhibition of the works of Mina Pulsifer, Gallery Stares, San Diego, (1990)
• French Representative on International Delegation to Dobag weaving centers and villages in Western Anatolia, in conjunction with Turkish Art symposium in Istanbul, hosted by Turkish government (Summer 1985).
• Lecturer at the International Conference on Oriental Carpets, London; Presentation on Master weavers of Istanbul, Court Carpets from the 16th – 19th centuries (1982)
• Co-Curated Exhibition “Le Tapis: Art Traditionnel et Fonctionnel,” Carpets from the Louvre and public and private collections in Boulogne-Billancourt, France (1981-1982).
• Conducted independent research at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris; Cataloged museum’s archival collection of carpets (1976-77).