Lynchburg: The Pleasures of Virginia’s Southern Piedmont
REVIEW: SPRING SYMPOSIUM 2013
Massachusetts: Four Centuries of Furniture
Massachusetts: Four Centuries of Furniture EVENTS > SYMPOSIA DECORATIVE ARTS TRUST FALL SYMPOSIUMOctober 17 – 20, 2013 Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture is a collaborative venture of eleven institutions presenting an unprecedented celebration for 2013 of...
Trust Intern at Old Sturbridge Village
Trust Intern at Old Sturbridge Village EMERGING SCHOLARS > CURATORIAL INTERNSHIP GRANTS By Kate Swisher For the past three months and over the next nine, I have the privilege of working as the 2013–14 Old Sturbridge Village-Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellow....
The Lure of Enameled Steel in the Interwar Period
The Lure of Enameled Steel in the Interwar Period EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS By Dalila Huerta In 1933, the Simmons Company of Chicago, IL exhibited a steel bedroom ensemble at the Century of Progress World’s Fair. The ensemble, originally designed...
Tea Sets and Play
Tea Sets and Play EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS By Nina Ranalli Many scholars before me have embarked on studies of tea-drinking in early America; but passion for the material and generous funding from the Decorative Arts Trust allowed me to pursue the...
Examining the Studies at Reynolda House in Winston-Salem
Examining the Studies at Reynolda House in Winston-Salem EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS By Rebecca Migdal Reynolda House is the country home of Katharine Smith Reynolds (1880–1924) and Richard “Dick” Joshua Reynolds (1850–1918), built in 1917. The house...
New Jersey-made Furniture: Fact or Fiction?
New Jersey-made Furniture: Fact or Fiction? EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS By Jackie Killian The title of this article is a question that I asked myself when deciding on a thesis topic last spring. Numerous documented examples of furniture made during...
