by The Trust | Sep 13, 2024
Displaying the “Americas”: Industry and Aesthetics at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition by Alida Jekabson San Francisco retains many vestiges of its involvement in world’s fairs, from landmarks such as the Embarcadero and the Palace of...
by The Trust | Aug 29, 2024
Prison Wicker: Woven Legacies of U.S. Empire in the Philippines by Ashley E. Williams This summer, I was supported by a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant as I completed a month-long trip to the Philippines to conduct research for my dissertation, “Unfree Artists...
by The Trust | Aug 22, 2024
A Philadelphia Clockmaker, and More by Bob Frishman Edward Duffield (1730–1803) was a highly skilled 18th-century Philadelphia clockmaker who lived in an era and a city that were among the most important in Colonial America. He was no typical “leather-apron”...
by The Trust | Aug 15, 2024
Exhibition Highlights Black Newporters of the 17th-19th Centuries The Newport Historical Society recently launched the exhibition A Name, A Voice, A Life: The Black Newporters of the 17th-19th Centuries (figure 1). Supported in part through a generous grant by the...
by The Trust | Aug 8, 2024
Salvage in the Maritime Visual and Material Culture of 19th-Century America by Sybil F. Joslyn With funding from a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I traveled to Washington, D.C., to undertake research for my dissertation on maritime salvage in American visual...
by The Trust | Aug 1, 2024
Read Summer 2024 Magazine Articles Online Select articles from the summer 2024 issue of The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust are now available in webpage format. Enjoy reading these fascinating articles online. “A Primer on Portugal” by Matthew A. Thurlow...
by The Trust | Jul 18, 2024
Grasping Color: A Material History of Color Charts by Kate Burnett Budzyn Anyone who has thumbed through a paint deck at a hardware store will know the simultaneously delightful and agonizing experience of selecting a color. Butter yellow, lilac grey, eau de Nil,...
by The Trust | Jul 11, 2024
Norway’s Bunad: The Evolution of Indigenous Festive Attire by Cara Green With the assistance of a Research Grant from the Decorative Arts Trust, I spent three and a half weeks in Norway conducting research on the origins, evolution, and contemporary practices of...
