by Isabella Galdone   Thanks to a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I conducted object-based research for a PhD dissertation project juxtaposing the work of women Pre-Raphaelites and their associates with contemporary textiles made, altered, or manipulated by...

After celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Research Grants program in 2023, the Decorative Arts Trust was able to increase the range of grant amounts from $1,000 up to $2,000 and the total budget from $15,000 to $20,000 in 2024. The Trust congratulates these 14...

by Tracy Meserve    A Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant supported my travels from Palermo, Sicily, to the Cantanzaro region of Calabria in order to research the history of silk in the region. Calabria’s role in the history of silk in Italy has been underrepresented...

by Elliot Camarra    With the help of a generous Research Grant from the Decorative Arts Trust, I was able to spend a week in Greece studying ancient bronze mirrors, the subject of my thesis for the Bard Graduate Center. Of primary interest were mirrors from the 6th...

by Ann Hewitt      In the Winterthur Museum collection, there is an intriguing miniature watercolor portrait painted on ivory that was acquired by Henry Francis du Pont in 1957 from an art dealer in New York.1 Although of unknown provenance, the portrait is thought to...