Haudenosaunee Craft at the Rochester Municipal Museum: A Paradoxical New Deal Project
by Julia Silverman Beginning in 1935, approximately 100 Haudenosaunee artists were hired by the Rochester Municipal Museum (now called the Rochester Museum & Science Center) to manufacture a new ethnographic collection. Led by Arthur C. Parker, the...
Becca Lo Presti and Taylor Rossini Lecture at Winterthur’s DE Antiques Show
As the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library’s Delaware Antiques Show celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2023, the Decorative Arts Trust is proud to once again sponsor two young scholar lectures. At 3:00 pm on Saturday, November 11, Becca Lo Presti and...
Neoclassical Motifs: George Clarke’s Alabaster Portico Clock at Hyde Hall
by Katherine Novko Research grant funding from the Decorative Arts Trust enabled me to spend one week with the Clarke Family Papers, part of the Cornell University Library’s Rare and Manuscript Collection. My study of domestic materials with...
Seeking Asia in British Country Houses: An Attingham Summer School Report
by Susan Eberhard Many dear mentors have enthusiastically recommended the Attingham Summer School to me over the years. I am fortunate to have joined the program this summer as the recipient of the Decorative Arts Trust’s Continuing Education...
The Portraits of Zedekiah Belknap: Researching Folk Art at Historic Deerfield
by Nicholas Wendell Thanks to the 2023 Historic Deerfield Summer Fellowship sponsored by the Decorative Arts Trust, I found myself in an environment where I could simultaneously feed my passion for history and art. Rather than simply focusing on...
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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.