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...
by The Trust | Feb 15, 2023
The Conservation Treatment of a Print Depicting Philadelphia’s Bush Hill Estate from the Winterthur Museum by Tammy Hong The interdisciplinary aspects that drive decision-making in art conservation are often described as a three-legged stool. As a second year...
by The Trust | Feb 9, 2023
2023 Colloquium Lecture Recordings Now Online January 22, 2023, marked another successful Emerging Scholars Colloquium, this time in the stunning Board of Officers Room at New York City’s Park Avenue Armory, home of The Winter Show. The room is one of the few...
