by The Trust | Aug 23, 2023
Ceramic Thinking in Cincinnati by Manon Gaudet With the support of a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I was able to spend an invaluable week in Cincinnati, in the company of objects, archives, and the people who care for them. Regardless of how instrumental...
by The Trust | Aug 16, 2023
Enchanting and Informative: A Visit to Winterthur with Brock Jobe by Alexis Dempsey Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, unlike other private estates-turned-museums in Delaware, features an unusual dollhouse-like layout that leaves visitors overwhelmed, yet...
by The Trust | Aug 9, 2023
Female Printmakers in Revolutionary France by Sarah Lund The Decorative Arts Trust Grant contributed greatly to research for my dissertation, “The Matrix of Citizenship: Female Printmakers in Revolutionary France, 1789–1848.” While I spent the academic year in...
by The Trust | Aug 1, 2023
Summer 2023 Magazine Articles Available Online Shortly after our member magazine publishes, we share select articles in a web-friendly format for all to read on computers, tablets, or phones. Enjoy these articles from the summer 2023 issue of The Magazine of the...
by The Trust | Jul 14, 2023
Tea Traditions and Tea Ware in Winterthur’s Collection by Tammy Hong Tea and the rituals associated with this delicious brew are inseparable from H.F. du Pont’s desire to transform his family home into a space for sharing America’s diverse stories through objects....
by The Trust | Jul 5, 2023
Investigating the Materiality of 18th-Century Colonial Embroidered Garments by Livy Scott Thanks to the funding provided by a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I had the opportunity to travel to historical societies in Massachusetts and Connecticut to conduct...
by The Trust | Jun 21, 2023
The Maker’s Eye: Journeyman Woodworker Peter Hudson‘s Winterthur Fellowship Experience by Peter Hudson The time that I spent as a Maker-Creator Fellow at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, generously sponsored by the Decorative Arts Trust, has had a profound...
by The Trust | Jun 19, 2023
Searching for Nora August, an Enslaved Woman Represented in an 1865 Ivory Bust by Grace Ford-Dirks With the support of the Decorative Arts Trust, I was able to spend three weeks in South Carolina and Georgia researching the Bust of Nora August for my MA thesis in...
