Inspiring Thomas Jefferson: Art and Architecture in France
REVIEW: FALL 2023 STUDY TRIP ABROAD
Papered and Painted in Providence
REVIEW: FALL 2023 SYMPOSIUM
Handcrafted Brilliance: Detroit’s Pewabic Pottery
REVIEW: SUMMER 2023 SOJOURN
The Finest Regency Porcelain Painter: Thomas Baxter in Worcester
BY CHARLES DAWSON
There is no greater name in the history of English Regency porcelain painters than that of Thomas Baxter. His whole life was given to the art of porcelain painting, and his work at the Worcester Flight & Barr factory, the subject of a new book, is among the choicest of the era.
Historic Odessa Collections Published
BY PHILIP D. ZIMMERMAN
One hundred of the objects in the Delaware’s Historic Odessa Foundation’s Wilson-Warner House and the Corbit-Sharp House are addressed in detail in the new book 𝘈 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵: 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘖𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢, with four chapters exploring the town’s early settlement, families, craftsmen, and preservation.
Interwoven: Women’s Lives Written in Thread
BY REED GOCHBERG
The Concord Museum’s special exhibition 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯: 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯’𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 features samplers made by young women during the 18th and 19th centuries in Middlesex County, MA.
“A Place to Cultivate her Mind in by Musing”: New Exploration of Anne Emlen’s 1757 Shellwork Grotto
BY KAILA TEMPLE
Anne Reckless Emlen’s 1757 creation, referred to by scholars and Stenton Museum staff over the years as a grotto box or shell box, is an object in which one can easily get lost.
A Million Hidden Stories: Uncovering Materials at the New Orleans Museum of Art
BY LAURA OCHOA RINCON
Thanks to my Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Fellowship, I have learned an extraordinary amount in my first year about glass, rings, fashion, and how all of these different objects are ways to convey stories about people.
