Wendell Garrett

Who was Wendell Garrett?

Wendell D. Garrett was an American historian, expert on Americana and American-origin decorative arts, and editor.

Born in Los Angeles, Garrett received a bachelor's degree in organic chemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles. He obtained a master's degree from the present-day Winterthur Program in American Material Culture at the University of Delaware and a second master's degree in American History from Harvard University.

Wendell Garrett served as the editor of The Magazine Antiques from 1972 to 1990. He remained as Antiques editor at large from 1990 until his death in 2012. Wendell Garrett also served as the senior vice president in the American Decorative Arts department at Sotheby's from 1989 until 2009. In April of 2009 he launched Wendell Garrett and Associates an appraisal service for the Fine and Decorative Arts which remained active until his death.>

Wendell Garrett appeared as an appraiser in every season of Antiques Roadshow, beginning with its debut season in 1997., through filming of the 2013 season during the summer of 2012.

In the last month of his life Garrett moved from his Manhattan apartment to a hospice in Williston, Vermont, due to declining health. He died at the Williston hospice on November 14, 2012, at the age 83.