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...
by The Trust | Jun 2, 2023
2023 Research Grant Recipients The Decorative Arts Trust is proud to celebrate 20 years of awarding Research Grants to scholars, making a meaningful impact on their work and the field at large. We look forward to hearing about the findings of these 15 recipients of...
by The Trust | May 4, 2023
A Bar Harbor View, 1870–1910 by Astrid Tvetenstrand With the support of a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I visited Portland, ME, and conducted research for my PhD dissertation in American & New England Studies at Boston University. Navigating the...
by The Trust | Apr 24, 2023
The Wickham Sideboard Returns by Christina Keyser Vida On a lovely September day in Richmond, VA, last fall, members of the Decorative Arts Trust visited the Valentine Museum for tours of the galleries, the Court End neighborhood, and the museum’s Wickham House,...
by The Trust | Mar 7, 2023
Investigating a Peculiar Hybrid Chinese Export Lacquer Furniture Object by Kelly Fu The Decorative Arts Trust’s generous Research Grant supported my preparation for a prize-winning thesis at the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture. My project delves...
by The Trust | Mar 3, 2023
Antiques Forum Speakers Lecture about Winterthur, C.A. Haun, and Drayton Hall The Decorative Arts Trust’s gratitude goes out, once again, to Carolyn and Michael McNamara, who are committed to sharing emerging scholars’ new research through the Young Scholars Lectures...
