BY KATE BURNETT BUDZYN
On the cover of Catherine Hall-van den Elsen’s new monograph—the first in Getty Publications’ Illuminating Women Artists series—is Our Lady of Solitude, an image of a female figure gasping in tears
BY ALEXANDRA M. MACDONALD
Supported by a Decorative Arts Trust Research Grant, I was able to conduct research into the Follet sampler in the MESDA collection and at the Library of Virginia in Richmond. While my research is far from complete, I posit that all four members of the Follet family—Francis, Eliza, Mary, and Ann—are represented in this unique embroidery.
BY ERICA P. LOME
I joined the Concord Museum through a two-year curatorial internship grant funded by the Decorative Arts Trust and the Gerry Charitable Trust. As the Peggy N. Gerry Curatorial Associate, my primary responsibility involves the redesign of 14 new permanent galleries.
BY TARYN CLARY
On March 26, the Decorative Arts Trust hosted the first panel discussion in a two-part series on the decorative arts market.
BY LAURA KEIM
Iron hooks embedded in second-floor chamber ceilings at Stenton pose questions about bedstead type.
BY DANIEL ACKERMANN
As part of the Study South Initiative, MESDA invited three scholars—Michael J. Bramwell, Simiyha N. J. Garrison, and Robert Hunter—to join us as guest curators.
BY BRENTON GROM
The Read House includes a Charles Trute square piano that recalls one Read acquired around 1806 for his daughter Kitty.
BY MARY FESAK AND ALEXANDRA CADE
The 2021 Virtual Emerging Scholars Colloquium featured presentations on elite horse culture and the material culture of music.
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