About Us

Deborah Miller
Deborah Miller is an independent appraiser of historic, vintage, and contemporary clothing and textiles throughout the United States.

Ms. Miller received a certificate in Art and Antiques Appraisal from the Rhode Island School of Design. She holds an MA from The Bard Graduate Center, NYC where she focused on textiles, including a year of private study with Milton Sonday, curator of textiles at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.

Prior to her work as an appraiser, Ms. Miller was the Director of Exhibitions at the Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA, mounting shows that ranged from contemporary quilts and baskets to historic Burmese textiles and avant-garde art fashion. She was an exhibition researcher at the Toledo Museum of Art, and spent three years as the manager of Wilson & Gough, a contemporary design gallery, in South Kensington, London.

Ms. Miller is a member of the Costume Society of America and the Textile Society of America. She is certified under the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice of the Appraisal Foundation in Washington, D.C. (USPAP)