Michael Connors has over thirty years of experience in consultation, appraisals, and teaching fine art and antique furniture. An antiquarian in the true sense of the word, Dr. Connors received a Master of Fine Arts and a Ph.D. in Decorative Arts from New York University.
Dr. Connors is an adjunct professor of arts at New York University where he has moderated, as a conference director, three symposia including most recently "300 Years of New York Furniture." He presently teaches decorative arts and appraisal methodology at NYU and furniture courses at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
An expert on the authenticity, appraisal, and excellence of investment quality period furniture, Dr. Connors is a Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers as well as a key resource to dealers, designers, private collectors, and museums looking for absolute integrity in European and American Furniture. He has appraised the furniture and decorative arts of the U.S. Supreme Court Collection and the Diplomat Room Collection in Washington, D.C.
As a liaison to Milling Road from Baker, he has consulted on the design of two furniture lines: West Indies, introduced in 1993, and Colonial Legends, introduced in 1997, in which he used technique, style, and craftsmanship of the Colonial Trade esthetic. He also serves on the board of trustees of the Whim Museum in St. Croix, U.S.V.I., where he is Chairman of Collections and on the board of directors of Fundacion Amistad, a non-profit foundation dedicated to fostering mutual cultural and educational exchanges between the United States and Cuba.
Dr. Connors established his own company, Michael Connors Inc., in 1987, and has since developed a diverse group of trade and private clients. His showrooms have been featured twice in Architectural Digest. He is a consultant for an international list of interior designers and a frequent lecturer at museums, educational and retail institutions. Dr. Connors is a contributor to numerous trade journals, including Art & Antiques and The Magazine Antiques and has written a book on Colonial West Indian furniture; Caribbean Elegance: Exotic Furniture from the Sugar Islands, published by Abrams.
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