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Portrait of a Woman in Silk: Hidden Histories of the British Atlantic World
Dr. Anishanslin’s new book explores the story behind one of the treasures at Winterthur Museum, Robert Feke’s portrait of Anne Shipping Willing. Organized into five parts, her book focuses on four historical figures central to the creation of the painting…
Randy Schrimsher Concludes Successful Term as Board President
Randy Schrimsher and his wife, Kelly, are familiar sights at Decorative Arts Trust events. As President of the Board of Governors, Randy has served as the face of the...
Yale Showcases Rhode Island Furniture
In August, the Yale University Art Gallery will open the first major exhibition of early Rhode Island furniture in half a century. Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830 illustrates Rhode Island’s standing at the center of a dynamic and active cabinetmaking trade…
First Failey Grant Awarded to Exhibition on Elias Pelletreau
Thanks to the generosity of more than 125 of our members, the Trust’s effort to create a Dean F. Failey Fund in honor of our late Governor was a resounding...
Collaboration in Contemporary Ceramics
Duality, an exhibition currently on view at the Delaware Art Museum, highlights contemporary fine and decorative arts created by couples who synthesize their...
Leroy Graves Shares 50 Years of Experience in Upholstery Conservation
Although it is, in part, a conservation manual, Early Seating Upholstery: Reading the Evidence by Leroy Graves is a stellar addition to any decorative arts library.
Printed Textiles: British and American Cottons and Linens 1700–1850
There are books with beautiful photographs, those that present complex information, and ones that possess lively and engaging writing. Linda Eaton’s Printed Textiles offers all three. Part history and part catalogue, the text is a gracefully expanded update of Florence Montgomery’s groundbreaking 1970 publication.
American Adversaries: West and Copley in a Transatlantic World
Trust members based in Houston may well be already familiar with the highly praised show from whence this publication takes its name, wherein West’s The Death of General Wolfe and Copley’s Watson and the Shark were exhibited together for the first time.
Classical Splendor at the PMA
As part of a series of exhibitions celebrating great American art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will mount the much-anticipated show on painted furniture made in...
Book Review: Samuel F.B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre and the Art of Invention
As the centerpiece of a nationwide travelling exhibit scheduled from 2015 through 2018, Morse’s narrative painting Gallery of the Louvre (1831–33) has come to be regarded as part of the canon of early-19th-century American art. This catalogue presents essays discussing both the painting’s content
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- Special Program: Tour of the Newark Museum with retiring Chief Curator Ulysses Dietz November 3
- New York Antiques Weekend January 19-20, 2018
- Emerging Scholars Colloquium January 21, 2018
- Symposium Upper Hudson River Valley: From the Mohawk to the Berkshires May 3-6, 2018
- Symposium New Orleans & the Mississippi Delta November 1-4, 2018
- Study Trip Prague & Vienna with an extension to Budapest With an extension to Budapest October 1–11 and 16–26, 2018; Extension October 12–15