New Exhibition Highlights Fashionable Silhouettes, From the Ideal to the Real
by Lauren D. Whitley Historic Deerfield’s exhibition Body by Design: Fashionable Silhouettes From the Ideal to the Real has generated significant traffic in the newly renovated Textile Gallery since it opened. The show draws on Historic Deerfield’s superb...
Read Summer 2025 Magazine Articles Online
Enjoy select articles from the summer 2025 issue of The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust online! Although the printed magazine is only sent to our members, these selections are now available to enjoy on our website: “Time Travel in the Thames Valley: Ham House...
Along the River: Thames Valley Exploration a Royal Treat
England’s spectacular Thames Valley provided a beautiful backdrop for our travels from London to Oxford, stopping at stunning castles and country houses along the way. Members truly enjoyed exploring this region’s decorative arts legacy, both on land and on the river....
Lyndhurst Presents Alexander Jackson Davis Exhibition
by Howard A. Zar Although largely unknown today, Alexander Jackson Davis was America’s preeminent architect of the first half of the 19th century. Davis came to prominence as practitioner of the Greek Revival style but later initiated the stateside practice of...
Conserving Two Banners of Liberty
by Matthew Skic Thanks to the generous support of the Decorative Arts Trust through the Dean F. Failey Fund, the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA, was able to accomplish the conservation treatments of two flags for display in the current...
About The Decorative Arts Trust Bulletin
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.