by The Trust | Nov 9, 2021
Gilbert-Merrill and Kane Lecture at the 2021 Delaware Antiques Show Jena Gilbert-Merrill and Rachael KaneThe 2021 Delaware Antiques Show was especially significant this year as the event is one of the first large shows to reopen in person. And the Decorative Arts...
by The Trust | Nov 1, 2021
A Fantastical World of Toxic Beauty: Majolica Mania at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery by Juliana Fagua Arias Griffen, Smith & Co., “Shell” ware, c. 1879–90, Phoenixville, PA. Earthenware with majolica glazes. Private collection, most ex coll. Dr. Howard Silby....
by The Trust | Sep 14, 2021
The Crane and the Nopal: Aztec Memory and Chinese Imagery in Talavera Poblana by Juliana Fagua Arias In the mid-16th century, potters from Puebla, Mexico, developed a type of tin-glazed earthenware known today as Talavera Poblana. Various cultural developments,...
by The Trust | Sep 2, 2021
Touring Sabine Hall with Ralph Harvard On August 26, it was an enormous pleasure to visit Sabine Hall, one of Colonial America’s most extraordinary baroque houses, for a Trust Virtual Tour with Ralph Harvard. Landon Carter, an ambitious patriot and politician, built...
by The Trust | Aug 30, 2021
Historic House Interpretation with Carlene Bermann and Erik Greenberg Carlene Bermann, MA Candidate in the Cooperstown Graduate Program, began our August virtual dialogue by sharing her lecture, Adjusting the Lens: Telling (Different) Stories Through Objects....
by The Trust | Aug 11, 2021
August Virtual Tour of the Wharton Esherick Museum On a beautiful summer day the Decorative Arts Trust visited the Wharton Esherick Museum to share a virtual tour. Julie Siglin, Executive Director, and Emily Zilber, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Strategic...
by The Trust | Aug 2, 2021
Summer 2021 Magazine Articles on Website The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust is one of our most popular member benefits, and the summer 2021 issue reached members’ mailboxes in July. If you’d like a hard copy, become a member of the Trust today! The Trust...
by The Trust | Jul 26, 2021
Modern Gothic Opens at the Brooklyn Museum by Matthew Thurlow Until recently, exhibition openings remained a quaint concept of the bygone pre-COVIDian era. The arrival of an invitation to attend the June 30 opening of the Brooklyn Museum’s Modern Gothic: The Inventive...
