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What a Decade It Has Been! A Tribute to Matt Thurlow

What a Decade It Has Been! A Tribute to Matt Thurlow

BY BROCK JOBE

after ten years at the helm, Decorative Arts Trust Executive Director Matthew Thurlow merits our most heartfelt praise. Matt has guided the Trust through a decade of growth, especially in supporting scholarship, emerging professionals, and graduate students.

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Digital Decorative Arts: Celebrating a New Consortium

Digital Decorative Arts: Celebrating a New Consortium

by Sarah Parks and Catharine Dann Roeber

A BIEDERMEIER-STYLE TESTER BED made in Washington County, TX, in 1861. A Baltimore pier table. A Roxbury-type tall case clock made by Simon Willard. Once found only in museum rooms or private residences, these are just a few examples of objects found in furniture-focused online databases. The compilation and dissemination of decorative arts research increasingly uses digital tools to complement physical publications and exhibitions or to gather information that would otherwise be widely dispersed or hard to access.

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Reinterpreting Mount Vernon’s Front Parlor

Reinterpreting Mount Vernon’s Front Parlor

by ADAM T. ERBY

MOUNT VERNON’S FRONT PARLOR REOPENED to guests in February following a major two-year restoration guided by extensive new research. The project returned the room as nearly as possible to its appearance in 1799, the last year of George Washington’s life

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The Trust to Receive the Wunsch Americana Award

The Trust to Receive the Wunsch Americana Award

On January 16, 2019, the Decorative Arts Trust will be added to a list of distinguished names in the field of American decorative arts as they are presented with the Eric M. Wunsch Award for Excellence in the American Arts at Christie’s.

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