Exhibition Highlights Black Newporters of the 17th-19th Centuries
The Newport Historical Society recently launched the exhibition A Name, A Voice, A Life: The Black Newporters of the 17th-19th Centuries (figure 1). Supported in part through a generous grant by the Decorative Art Trust’s Dean F. Failey Fund, this powerful...
Salvage in the Maritime Visual and Material Culture of 19th-Century America
by Sybil F. Joslyn With funding from a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I traveled to Washington, D.C., to undertake research for my dissertation on maritime salvage in American visual and material culture. At the National Gallery of Art (NGA), I spent a day...
Read Summer 2024 Magazine Articles Online
Select articles from the summer 2024 issue of The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust are now available in webpage format. Enjoy reading these fascinating articles online. “A Primer on Portugal” by Matthew A. Thurlow “Saltram’s Saloon: Adam, Chippendale, and...
Grasping Color: A Material History of Color Charts
by Kate Burnett Budzyn Anyone who has thumbed through a paint deck at a hardware store will know the simultaneously delightful and agonizing experience of selecting a color. Butter yellow, lilac grey, eau de Nil, chocolate: infinite hues and their synesthetic names...
Norway’s Bunad: The Evolution of Indigenous Festive Attire
by Cara Green With the assistance of a Research Grant from the Decorative Arts Trust, I spent three and a half weeks in Norway conducting research on the origins, evolution, and contemporary practices of the bunad, the uniquely Norwegian festive attire inspired by...
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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.