Sarah Grandin and Elizabeth Cleland Discuss Savonnerie Carpet Production in 17th-Century France
In our latest virtual dialogue, Sarah Grandin, PhD, Clark-Getty Paper Project Curatorial Fellow at the Clark Art Institute, shared a lecture titled “Trees, Orphans, and the Forgotten Figures of Savonnerie Carpet Manufacturing (1662-1688),” before joining...
Decorative Arts and the Market Panel Discussion Featuring Dealers
On June 21, the Trust hosted the second discussion in our series on decorative arts and the market. This conversation featured dealers of decorative arts and antiquities. Benjamin Miller, host of the Curious Objects podcast and Director of Research at S.J....
Alexandra Kirtley Shares New American Art Galleries at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
A lot has changed in the past year. On June 16 the Trust was welcomed back to the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) by Alexandra A. Kirtley, the Montgomery-Garvan Curator of American Decorative Arts, who shared some magnificent enhancements during a tour of...
Xiaoyi Diana Yang and Angelika Kuettner Virtual Dialogue on Zhangzhou Porcelains
Xiaoyi Diana Yang, PhD Candidate and Teaching Fellow at the Bard Graduate Center, chose to study Zhangzhou porcelain because she wanted to do something different. On June 3, 2021, Diana shared her research on Zhangzhou porcelains, known as “Swatow ware” to...
Memory Vessels: Folk Art with a Compelling International Origin
by John-Duane Kingsley As a cultural artifact of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, memory jugs possess an intersectional history as a form of domestic craft with ties to African and African-American burial practices. Traditionally created by the...
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.