The Decorative Arts and Architecture of Southern Maine
Most people go to Maine in the fall for its landscape, the leaves, and the tail end of lobster season. For participants in the Decorative Arts Trust’s fall symposium, southern Maine offered an array of museums, collections, and cultural institutions, which...
Primary Sources: New Research on Virginia Houses and Material Culture
To complement the Emerging Scholars Program and to reach a wider audience, the Decorative Arts Trust is experimenting with new program formats. On October 10th, the Trust debut a new one-day special topic symposia. Held in collaboration with the Wilton...
A Voyage to Sicily
The Decorative Arts Trust’s upcoming tour of Sicily will be the first time the organization has gone there, but the island has been a travel destination for centuries. This post presents a selection of images and translated texts from one of the first travel guides...
Americana Abroad: Freeman’s Auction in England
Weston Park, one of the locations of open valuations for the Freeman's Auction trip. The influx and influence of English goods and style into America has become one of the standard tenants of decorative arts and design scholarship on this side of the...
The Decorative Arts Trust in Chicago
The Chicago Skyline from Navy Pier As a graduate student, I attended my fair share of symposia… perhaps more than I care to remember. PowerPoint satiation aside, I jumped at the chance to attend the Decorative Arts Trust spring symposium to Chicago as a...
About The Decorative Arts Trust Bulletin
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.