In the Mold of Clodion: Sèvres’s “Vases Clodion” and the Sculptor’s Legacy
by Elizabeth Saari Browne, PhD Despite the delays occasioned by the pandemic, I was finally able to travel to France in September 2021 to fulfill my research trip dedicated to contextualizing the role of the vase in the oeuvre of the French sculptor...
Deconstructing the Highboy with Ellie Richards
When Ellie Richards read Ta-Nehisi Coates’s fictional novel The Water Dancer, she was particularly inspired by this quote: “My father had taken note of the restored highboy. And so it came down from Roscoe that my task would now be the resurrection of...
Prize Celebration and Young Lecturers at 2022 Antiques Forum
For us, as for many of our colleagues, the last pre-pandemic hurrah we remember was Colonial Williamsburg’s Antiques Forum in late February 2020. After participating in a virtual Forum in 2021, we were excited to see “our people” in person again at...
Corporate Elegance: George Nelson’s Visual Vocabulary of Versatility
by Robert Gordon-Fogelson With the generous support of a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I visited Syracuse University’s Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) to conduct research on the topic of Mid-century corporate design (figure 1)....
Assemblage & Resilience: Techniques of Art Making in the Souls Grown Deep Foundation Collection
by John-Duane Kingsley Within the canon of western art history, the technique of assemblage, or creating art out of disparate quotidian objects to form a collage, manifests in works by Cubist, Futurist, and Dada artists of the early 20h century. These...
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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.