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...
by The Trust | Jul 3, 2025
Conserving Two Banners of Liberty by Matthew Skic Thanks to the generous support of the Decorative Arts Trust through the Dean F. Failey Fund, the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA, was able to accomplish the conservation treatments of two...
by The Trust | Jul 1, 2025
Five Recipients Receive 2025 Publishing Grants by Emily Serpico The Decorative Arts Trust is thrilled to announce the five recipients of our 2025 Publishing Grants. The Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham, AL; the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, CT; The...
by The Trust | Jun 26, 2025
Textile Training in the Late 19th Century: English Influence on The Philadelphia Textile School by Anastatia Spicer With the assistance of a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I conducted object-based and archival research for my MA thesis on looms used in...
by The Trust | Jun 17, 2025
Examining the Life and Legacy of Skilled Joiner John Hemmings at Monticello Through Material Culture by Molly Martien Thanks to a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I had the good fortune of traveling to Charlottesville, VA, to visit Monticello and The Albert...
