[2] After graduation she traveled to Italy with her mother, where she met the art historian Frederick Mason Perkins, her future husband.
[9] Her expertise in Sienese art was demonstrated through her contributions in Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers,[10] providing several artists' biographies.
[15] She left the Met in 1909 when her affair with curator Bryson Burroughs was brought to light and transitioned to work as a private secretary for Bernard Berenson in 1909.
[16] She left Berenson's employ in 1911 and connected with Rita de Acosta Lydig,[17] working for her and other clients as a private dealer.
[19] She also acquired a number of ancient Egyptian textiles[20][21] and carved panels[22][23] for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.