Primary Sources: New Research on Virginia Houses and Material Culture
To complement the Emerging Scholars Program and to reach a wider audience, the Decorative Arts Trust is experimenting with new program formats. On October 10th, the Trust debut a new one-day special topic symposia. Held in collaboration with the Wilton...
Toy Theaters and Child’s Play
Front for a Toy Theater Stage, image courtesy of the Downs Collection, Winterthur Library. Toy theaters required a certain degree of manual and mental ingenuity. The 1866 edition of The Boy’s Own Treasury of Sports and Pastimes, published simultaneously in...
A Voyage to Sicily
The Decorative Arts Trust’s upcoming tour of Sicily will be the first time the organization has gone there, but the island has been a travel destination for centuries. This post presents a selection of images and translated texts from one of the first travel guides...
Americana Abroad: Freeman’s Auction in England
Weston Park, one of the locations of open valuations for the Freeman's Auction trip. The influx and influence of English goods and style into America has become one of the standard tenants of decorative arts and design scholarship on this side of the...
The Decorative Arts Trust and Young Professionals
While educational programs, such as symposia and study trips abroad, are the Trust’s trademark, the Emerging Scholars Program, the other arm of our mission, is just as active and engaging. Directed donations to the Trust, as well as funds raised through...
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.