Elizabeth Dalton
Furniture and Decorative Arts Specialist
Elizabeth Dalton has spent 8 years as a Furniture and Decorative Arts Specialist at Michaan's Auctions. Dalton's department expertise encompasses many categories including European and American period furniture and décor, fine silver, rugs and textiles. She has also spent 10 years at Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, managing the inventory of furniture and decorative items as well as Asian art and oriental rugs. Along with a brief stint at Auctionwatch posting online appraisals, Dalton worked at the Corcoran Gallery of Art performing curatorial research on James Peale. Her exhibition work includes "Treasure Houses of Britain" and Impressionist exhibits for the Education Department at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Dalton's accreditations include a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from USC, the Sotheby's Works of Art course in London, graduate coursework in American Studies at the University of Maryland and the Personal Property Appraisal Program with the American Society of Appraisers.
