Fulling “Country Cloth” in the Early Republic
Eliza West, an independent scholar from Richmond, VT, was a Carolyn and Michael McNamara Young Scholar Lecturer at Colonial Williamsburg’s 72nd Annual Antiques Forum in February 2020, an opportunity sponsored by the Decorative Arts Trust. As part of her thesis...
John Wentworth and 18th-Century New Hampshire Design
by Steven McNeil A Decorative Arts Trust Summer Research Grant supported research for my doctoral thesis examining the residences built for the Governors of Canada’s Maritime Provinces during the early 19th century. I have focused on the objects that were commissioned...
Studying Southern Ceramics from Newcomb Pottery and Lycett Studios
by Elyse D. Gerstenecker A Marie Zimmermann Summer Research Grant allowed me to travel to several collections and archives in Louisiana and Georgia essential to my PhD dissertation in the University of Virginia’s Art & Architectural History department. Titled “In...
Lecture Recordings for 2020 NYC Emerging Scholars Colloquium Now Available
A sold-out audience enjoyed the fourth annual Emerging Scholars Colloquium in New York on January 26, 2020. Hosted in conjunction with the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust and sponsored in part by the Wunsch Americana Foundation and Mr. and Mrs. Donald B....
Blanche Lazzell, Patty Willis, and American Modernist Design
by Alison Printz A Decorative Arts Summer Research Grant supported by the Center for American Art allowed me to make concrete connections that constitute the basis for a chapter of my dissertation on Modern Appalachian Art. This research created an opportunity to...
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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.