by The Trust | Mar 7, 2023
Investigating a Peculiar Hybrid Chinese Export Lacquer Furniture Object by Kelly Fu The Decorative Arts Trust’s generous Research Grant supported my preparation for a prize-winning thesis at the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture. My project delves...
by The Trust | Mar 3, 2023
Antiques Forum Speakers Lecture about Winterthur, C.A. Haun, and Drayton Hall The Decorative Arts Trust’s gratitude goes out, once again, to Carolyn and Michael McNamara, who are committed to sharing emerging scholars’ new research through the Young Scholars Lectures...
by The Trust | Mar 1, 2023
Welcome to New York: The Trust (and Tradition) Returns In January 2023, the Trust joined peers, partners, and antiques purveyors for Americana Week, the country’s premier antiques and arts showcase. Last year’s postponement of The Winter Show reconfigured the Trust’s...
by The Trust | Feb 15, 2023
The Conservation Treatment of a Print Depicting Philadelphia’s Bush Hill Estate from the Winterthur Museum by Tammy Hong The interdisciplinary aspects that drive decision-making in art conservation are often described as a three-legged stool. As a second year...
by The Trust | Feb 9, 2023
2023 Colloquium Lecture Recordings Now Online January 22, 2023, marked another successful Emerging Scholars Colloquium, this time in the stunning Board of Officers Room at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory, home of The Winter Show. The room is one of the few...
by The Trust | Feb 1, 2023
Winter 2022-23 Magazine Articles Now Online We are receiving rave reviews of our most recent issue of The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust, one of our most popular member benefits. The print issue is mailed directly to Trust members twice a year. Please enjoy...
by The Trust | Jan 27, 2023
Sporting and Leisure Camps of Central and Western Maine by Catherine Cyr With help from a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant in 2021, I traveled throughout my home state of Maine to explore the architecture and history of early camps for my Master’s thesis...
by The Trust | Jan 13, 2023
What Do Embroideries and Festivals Tell Us About Shaping the Nation? by Rachel Winter This past fall, I was the first external researcher welcomed into the archives at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) since the pandemic. My week-long...
