Decorative Arts Society Awards Ceremony, Lecture, and Reception

Please join the Decorative Arts Society as we honor the recipients of the Charles F. Montgomery Prize, Robert C. Smith Award, and Service to the Profession Award. Read more about the award details on the DAS website.

The event will feature a special lecture about The Met’s new exhibition, Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany, presented by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Curator of American Decorative Arts at The Met.

The evening will include an opportunity to socialize with fellow decorative art scholars, curators, authors, collectors, and enthusiasts over wine and cheese. We look forward to celebrating with you!

CHARLES F. MONTGOMERY PRIZE
Winner:
Sheila Barron Smithie and Beth Carver Wees
Marcus & Co.: Three Generations of New York Jewelers

Honorable Mentions:
Joseph Cunningham
The Metalwork of Samuel Yellin

Jennifer C. Core and Janet S. Hasson
Tennessee Samplers: Female Education and Domestic Arts, 1800-1900

ROBERT C. SMITH AWARD
Winner:
Kate Sekules
“The One Important Science of Embroidery: The American Stocking Darn 1830 to 1930 as Historical Document,” Winterthur Portfolio

Honorable Mention:
Lance Humphries
“New Furniture for Emerging Social Refinement: Colonel Thomas Tenant’s Finlay Suite Identified,” American Furniture

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION AWARD
Ruth E. Thaler-Carter

Cost: DAS Members $25
Non-DAS Members $35
Currently Enrolled Students Free

Pictured: Unidentified designer, Tiffany Studios, 1902–32, Design for Interior, First Presbyterian Church, Poughkeepsie, New York (detail), 1906-08. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967 (67.654.7).