by The Trust | Sep 5, 2025
Augusta Freeman’s Baptismal Font and Other Discoveries in Chicago by Isla Stewart Attending the Victorian Society in America’s Chicago Summer School program included architectural walking tours, in-class lectures, private house and museum tours, and numerous unique...
by The Trust | Aug 28, 2025
Exploring Vermont’s Material Culture in the Champlain Valley Beyond Vermont’s rolling green hills lies a distinct and influential material culture with standout decorative arts, architecture, and design. Decorative Arts Trust members explored the Lake Champlain...
by The Trust | Aug 21, 2025
Merit for the Student, Merit for the Teacher: The Multiple Meanings of 19th-century Decorated Awards by Allison Donoghue Through the generosity of the Decorative Arts Trust, I had the privilege of attending the Summer Institute at the Museum of Southern Decorative...
by The Trust | Aug 14, 2025
The Chess Piece that Wasn’t: A Material Re-Assessment by Ariana Pemberton The game of chess reflects histories of transregional material exchange as much as it does the skills of statecraft and strategies of war. As the game was brought from South Asia to West Asia...
by The Trust | Aug 7, 2025
New Exhibition Highlights Fashionable Silhouettes, From the Ideal to the Real by Lauren D. Whitley Historic Deerfield’s exhibition Body by Design: Fashionable Silhouettes From the Ideal to the Real has generated significant traffic in the newly renovated Textile...
by The Trust | Jul 31, 2025
Read Summer 2025 Magazine Articles Online Enjoy select articles from the summer 2025 issue of The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust online! Although the printed magazine is only sent to our members, these selections are now available to enjoy on our website: “Time...
by The Trust | Jul 30, 2025
Along the River: Thames Valley Exploration a Royal Treat England’s spectacular Thames Valley provided a beautiful backdrop for our travels from London to Oxford, stopping at stunning castles and country houses along the way. Members truly enjoyed exploring this...
by The Trust | Jul 24, 2025
Lyndhurst Presents Alexander Jackson Davis Exhibition by Howard A. Zar Although largely unknown today, Alexander Jackson Davis was America’s preeminent architect of the first half of the 19th century. Davis came to prominence as practitioner of the Greek Revival...
