by The Trust | Apr 30, 2020
The Furniture of Daniel Clay, 1795–1829 Daniel Sousa, Assistant Curator at Historic Deerfield in Deerfield, MA, was a Carolyn and Michael McNamara Young Scholar Lecturer at Colonial Williamsburg’s 72nd Annual Antiques Forum in February 2020, a series sponsored by the...
by The Trust | Apr 16, 2020
Lecture Videos About New Orleans Decorative Arts, Fine Arts, and Architecture The Decorative Arts Trust is thrilled to bring you recordings of our excellent lectures from the Fall 2018 Symposium in New Orleans, LA, thanks to the generosity of Anne and Wheeler Bryan....
by The Trust | Apr 15, 2020
Bluegrass Elegance: The Kentucky Collection of Sharon and Mack Cox At the Decorative Arts Trust, visits to exclusive private collections add a special touch to our educational programs. With the postponement of the Spring 2020 Symposium in Lexington and Louisville,...
by The Trust | Apr 10, 2020
Falconet’s Sculpture in Marble, Porcelain, and Sugar by Alicia Caticha My research on 18th-century French sculptor Étienne-Maurice Falconet (1716-1791) traces the emulation, replication, and commercialization of his work in marble, porcelain, and sugar. With the...
by The Trust | Mar 31, 2020
Fulling “Country Cloth” in the Early Republic Eliza West, an independent scholar from Richmond, VT, was a Carolyn and Michael McNamara Young Scholar Lecturer at Colonial Williamsburg’s 72nd Annual Antiques Forum in February 2020, an opportunity sponsored by the...
by The Trust | Mar 25, 2020
John Wentworth and 18th-Century New Hampshire Design by Steven McNeil A Decorative Arts Trust Summer Research Grant supported research for my doctoral thesis examining the residences built for the Governors of Canada’s Maritime Provinces during the early 19th century....
by The Trust | Mar 20, 2020
Studying Southern Ceramics from Newcomb Pottery and Lycett Studios by Elyse D. Gerstenecker A Marie Zimmermann Summer Research Grant allowed me to travel to several collections and archives in Louisiana and Georgia essential to my PhD dissertation in the University of...
by The Trust | Mar 10, 2020
Lecture Recordings for 2020 NYC Emerging Scholars Colloquium Now Available A sold-out audience enjoyed the fourth annual Emerging Scholars Colloquium in New York on January 26, 2020. Hosted in conjunction with the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust and...
