by The Trust | Aug 30, 2018
The Paxton Style: Neat and Substantially Good When Trust participants encountered the furnishings for Paxton House in Berwickshire, Scotland, during this year’s “Celebrating Chippendale’s Tercentenary” excursion, the chaste neoclassical pieces seemed a far cry from...
by The Trust | Aug 28, 2018
Meet the Trust: Nick Vincent While the Trust’s staff members are the most familiar faces leading symposia, tours, and study trips, a great deal of our event planning is facilitated by the Programming Committee of the Board of Governors. This past month, the Committee...
by The Trust | Jul 24, 2018
A New Chapter for Drayton Hall Opened this past May, Drayton Hall’s brand new Sally Reahard Visitor Center is the organization’s most visible recent effort to open up the site to visitors. Incorporating the first purpose-built dedicated gallery and exhibit space,...
by The Trust | Jun 28, 2018
The Upper Hudson: Four Centuries of Craft and Commerce Among the oldest surviving European settlements in the United States, Albany and the Upper Hudson region boast a rich and often overlooked array of historic sites that illustrate the region’s economic importance...
by The Trust | Jun 6, 2018
Introducing Kate Hughes The Metropolitan Museum of Art has awarded Katherine ‘Kate’ Hughes the 2018-2020 Decorative Arts Trust Internship, American Wing Curatorial Research Scholarship. An alumna of The College of William and Mary and the Sotheby’s Institute of Art,...
by The Trust | Jan 26, 2018
Recent Discoveries in American Ceramics An “Antiques Roadshow” moment has turned into one of the most exciting discoveries in the field of American ceramics in recent years. Last year, an antiques collector spotted an intriguing blue and white teapot at an antiques...
by The Trust | Jan 11, 2018
Summer Research Report: Emily Anderson Many scholars of the decorative arts turn to books, manuscripts and drawings as source material for their studies. Emily Anderson, a 2017 Trust Summer Research Grant recipient, studies the printed material itself as an artistic...
by The Trust | Jan 11, 2018
New Members for the Trust’s Board of Governors The Board of Governors of the Decorative Arts Trust has played a leading role in the development of this organization over the past 40 years, and their leadership ensures its continued success. We have enjoyed the...
