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 the...
by The Trust | Jul 1, 2024
Exploring England’s Enchanting West Country The lush rolling countryside of England’s southwestern reaches were the subject of the Decorative Arts Trust’s May and June 2024 Study Trips Abroad, with explorations of country houses, museums, and galleries in Somerset,...
by The Trust | Jun 13, 2024
Inaugural Publishing Grants Announced The Decorative Arts Trust is thrilled to announce the four recipients of the inaugural round of Publishing Grant funding. The Hispanic Society Museum and Library; The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens; and the...
by The Trust | Jun 11, 2024
Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists and Textiles by Isabella Galdone Thanks to a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I conducted object-based research for a PhD dissertation project juxtaposing the work of women Pre-Raphaelites and their associates with contemporary...
