Candace Wheeler [SEP] place of birth
Wheeler was associated with the Colonial Revival, Aesthetic Movement, and the Arts and Crafts Movement throughout her long career, Wheeler was considered a national authority on home decoration. Wheeler is also noted for designing the interior of the Women's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, IL.
Early life.
Candace Wheeler was born Candace Thurber on March 24, 1827 in Delhi, New York west of the Catskill Mountains. Her parents were Abner Gilman Thurber (1797–1860) and Lucy (née Dunham) Thurber
Dora Wheeler Keith
Dora Wheeler Keith (1856–1940) née Dora Wheeler, also known as Mrs. Boudinot Keith, was a portrait artist, muralist, an illustrator for books and magazines, and designed tapestries for her mother Candace Wheeler's firm Associated Artists.
Biography.
Biography Birth, early education, and marriage.
Dora Wheeler was born Lucy Dora Wheeler at Nestledown, the Jamaica, Long Island, N.Y. country house her mother Candace Wheeler built. Artist Sanford Gifford had cradled Dora in his arms and her mother's memoirs