2019 Emerging Scholars Colloquium Lecture Recordings Now Available
The Emerging Scholars Colloquium is one of the Decorative Arts Trust’s most beloved annual events, as it is a wonderful chance to be inspired by new research in the field. The Colloquium takes place in New York City each January following the Trust’s New York Antiques...
Loving the Loire Valley: Notes from the Study Trip Abroad to France
Châteaux, cathedrals, museums, vineyards, and more—the Decorative Arts Trust’s exploration of over 40 sites in the Loire Valley definitely wowed the members who participated in the two sold-out programs. The Loire is the longest river in France at 633 miles and...
Women’s Textile Crafts and their Construction of Political Identities
by Mariah Gruner Sitting in the Dewitt Wallace Collection and Conservation Building at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, I confronted the stitched, mostly woolen image of a kneeling, enslaved man, his wrists and ankles bound in chains. Here was a...
Watch Symposium Videos About Harriet Joor and Françoise Petit de Coulange
Thanks to the generosity of Anne and Wheeler Bryan of Atlanta, GA, the Decorative Arts Trust is pleased to bring you two informative presentations from our Fall 2018 Symposium in New Orleans, LA. Creole Comforts and French Connections: The Material World...
Touring Yale’s Hume Furniture Study Center and the Wurtele Study Center in Connecticut
On Friday, October 4, Decorative Arts Trust members experienced an exceptional collection of colonial and Federal furniture at the new Leslie P. and George H. Hume Yale American Furniture Study Center in Connecticut. The Furniture Study reopened at Yale...
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.