Radio Design, Advertising, and Art in the 1940s
by Joe Semkiu With support from a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I visited three Indiana archives tied to my dissertation research on radio design: the David Owsley Museum of Art at Ball State University in Muncie, the Allen County-Fort Wayne History Center,...
Read Winter 2025–26 Magazine Articles Online
Enjoy these select articles from the Winter 2025–26 issue of The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust! Although the printed magazine is only sent to our members, these online versions are now available on our website: “Modern Echoes of Tradition: Contemporary...
Flaunting Red and Blue: Reframing the Nouvelles Indes Tapestries through Gobelins Dyestuffs
by Carole Nataf The first chapter of my dissertation examines a royal Gobelins tapestry set known as the Nouvelles Indes (1737–41), designed by François Desportes and representing one of the most spectacular depictions of colonialism in eighteenth-century France....
Royal and Aristocratic Ephemera of the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
by Ashley Vernon With the support of a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I was able to take my studies transatlantic. In London, I was fortunate to visit the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s new East Storehouse, the Museum of the Home1, and the...
An Unforgettable Exploration of Mexico City, Puebla, and Teotihuacan
The Decorative Arts Trust’s first program in Mexico delighted members with the exploration of Mexico City, Puebla, and Teotihuacan. Led by two extraordinary experts on the Trust’s Board of Governors, Jorge F. Rivas Pérez from the Saint Louis Art Museum (November) and...
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Formerly known as the "blog,” the Bulletin features new research and scholarship, travelogues, book reviews, and museum and gallery exhibitions. The Bulletin complements The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust, our biannual members publication.