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...
by The Trust | Feb 1, 2023
Winter 2022-23 Magazine Articles Now Online We are receiving rave reviews of our most recent issue of The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust, one of our most popular member benefits. The print issue is mailed directly to Trust members twice a year. Please enjoy...
by The Trust | Jan 27, 2023
Sporting and Leisure Camps of Central and Western Maine by Catherine Cyr With help from a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant in 2021, I traveled throughout my home state of Maine to explore the architecture and history of early camps for my Master’s thesis...
by The Trust | Jan 13, 2023
What Do Embroideries and Festivals Tell Us About Shaping the Nation? by Rachel Winter This past fall, I was the first external researcher welcomed into the archives at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) since the pandemic. My week-long...
by The Trust | Dec 16, 2022
Other Colors: Chroma, Chemistry, and the Orient in 19th-Century French Painting by Delanie Linden In my dissertation chapter “Chevreul, Color Juxtaposition, & the ‘Flat Tints’ of Chinese Paintings,” I examine the French reception of Chinese paintings which...
by The Trust | Nov 22, 2022
Examining the English Country House during Attingham’s Summer School by Devon Zimmerman Following two years of pandemic delays, the Attingham Summer School proved itself to be the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity I had hoped it would be. The program’s uniquely...
by The Trust | Nov 10, 2022
Katrina Reynolds and Ethan Snyder Lecture at 2022 Delaware Antiques Show The Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library’s 2022 Delaware Antiques Show opens tonight, and the Decorative Arts Trust was proud to once again sponsor two young scholar lectures. On Saturday,...
