by The Trust | Oct 16, 2015
The Decorative Arts and Architecture of Southern Maine Most people go to Maine in the fall for its landscape, the leaves, and the tail end of lobster season. For participants in the Decorative Arts Trust’s fall symposium, southern Maine offered an array of museums,...
by The Trust | Oct 16, 2015
Primary Sources: New Research on Virginia Houses and Material Culture To complement the Emerging Scholars Program and to reach a wider audience, the Decorative Arts Trust is experimenting with new program formats. On October 10th, the Trust debut a new one-day special...
by The Trust | Aug 5, 2015
A Voyage to Sicily The Decorative Arts Trust’s upcoming tour of Sicily will be the first time the organization has gone there, but the island has been a travel destination for centuries. This post presents a selection of images and translated texts from one of the...
by The Trust | Jul 29, 2015
Americana Abroad: Freeman’s Auction in England Weston Park, one of the locations of open valuations for the Freeman’s Auction trip. The influx and influence of English goods and style into America has become one of the standard tenants of decorative arts and...
by The Trust | Jul 15, 2015
The Decorative Arts Trust in Chicago The Chicago Skyline from Navy Pier As a graduate student, I attended my fair share of symposia… perhaps more than I care to remember. PowerPoint satiation aside, I jumped at the chance to attend the Decorative Arts Trust spring...
by The Trust | Jul 6, 2015
The Decorative Arts Trust in Germany: Courtly Collections in Dresden, Leipzig, and Berlin Spring is always a busy time for the Trust, and 2015 proved no exception, with two Study Trips Abroad to Germany. The itinerary focused on the eastern portion of the country,...
by The Trust | Dec 22, 2014
The Natchez Symposium: The Treasures of the Trip The Natchez symposium, Historic Natchez: Jewel of the Lower Mississippi, was a delightful look at a unique destination, and we could not have asked for more knowledgeable and gracious hosts along the way. Welcomed by...
by The Trust | Dec 8, 2014
THE TRUST TRAVELS TO ENGLAND: THE COTSWOLDS The last few days of our Study Trip Abroad to England took us to The Cotswolds where we visited Sezincote, Asthall Manor (shown above), Quenington Old Rectory, and Kelmscott Manor. Sezincote was designed by Samuel Pepys...
