2018 Archives | Page 2 of 6 | The Decorative Arts Trust

International Design during the Cold War Era

by The Trust | Jan 17, 2019

EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS Danielle Charlap, Department of Art History, University of Southern California In 1963, Dr. Nathan H. Shapira began a 40-year career as a professor at the University of Southern California’s Department of Design. Born in...

Tiffany & Company’s Spectacular Mackay Silver Service

by The Trust | Jan 17, 2019

EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS Christine Garnier,Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard UniversityIn the basement of the Keck Museum of the Mackay School of Mines sits a treasure trove in the form of a single silver service, the...

The Many Reproductions of Elder Brewster’s Chair

by The Trust | Jan 17, 2019

EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS Erica Lome,American Civilization Program, University of DelawareGrowing up in Massachusetts, you would have to live under Plymouth Rock to miss the significance of the Pilgrims to the story of America. As a historian, I am...

Depictions of Chinese Tea Culture for the Western Market

by The Trust | Jan 15, 2019

EMERGING SCHOLARS > CONTINUING EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS Tammy Hong,Andrew W. Mellon Research Assistant in Modern Materials, National Gallery of Art As a part of Historic Deerfield’s restoration, Henry and Helen Geier Flynt—the founders of the historic village...

Unity by Design: Midcentury Modernism at Winterthur

by The Trust | Jan 15, 2019

EMERGING SCHOLARS > SUMMER RESEARCH GRANTS Carrie Grief,Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, University of DelawareWinterthur has a secret. Scattered throughout the various offices, storage rooms, and libraries of our extensive campus is a Midcentury...