Wendell D. Garrett (October 9, 1929 – November 14, 2012) was an American historian, expert on Americana and American-origin decorative arts and editor.
[2] He obtained a master's degree from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture at the University of Delaware and a second master's degree in American history from Harvard University.
[1] Garrett also served as the senior vice president in the American Decorative Arts department at Sotheby's from 1989 until March 2009.
[1] He received the Henry Francis du Pont Award from the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library in 1994.
[4] In the last month of his life Garrett moved from his Manhattan apartment to a hospice in Williston, Vermont due to declining health.