The Hayes Presidential Center
Found in the quiet northern Ohio town of Fremont, the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center and his family home, Spiegel Grove, defy stereotypes of a sleepy house museum.
Off the Beaten Path in Paris
Located in the northern reaches of Paris’ 8th Arrondissement, tucked against the beautiful Parc Monceau, sits the Nissim de Camondo Museum, which holds the city’s most significant decorative arts collection outside of the Louvre.
Member Events in Seattle and Los Angeles
In early November, 2017, the Trust managed to fit a West Coast excursion into our action-packed calendar with the aim of providing our constituents in California and Washington some well-deserved attention. Kristina traveled to Seattle and Los Angeles to host events...
The Kneeland and Adams Shop Research Project
By CHRISTINE RITOK & KEVIN G. FERRIGNO
The Decorative Arts Trust recently awarded a research grant to Historic Deerfield in support of a project focused on the 270-page ledger kept by Hartford, CT, cabinetmaker Lemuel Adams (1769–1850). Furniture historian Kevin G. Ferrigno discovered the ledger at the University of Miami (FL). The document provides an unprecedented record of the cabinetmaking business in Hartford during the 1790s…
Work and Wealth in the Antebellum Natchez Furniture Trade
EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS Candice Roland Candeto, MA Candidate, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, University of Delaware The life and work of antebellum cabinetmaker Robert Stewart (1796–1866) spanned one of the most contentious...
Channeling Kauffman: A Chimneypiece at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS Rachel Harmeyer, PhD Candidate, Department of Art History, Rice University A Summer Travel Grant from the Decorative Arts Trust offered the opportunity to immerse myself in the study of a single object: a painted wood and...
