Read Summer 2025 Magazine Articles Online

Enjoy select articles from the summer 2025 issue of The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust online! Although the printed magazine is only sent to our members, these selections are now available to enjoy on our website:

• “Time Travel in the Thames Valley: Ham House and Osterley Park” by Dr. Megan Wheeler
• “Vibrant Visions: The Frescoes of Knossos and Their Decorative Legacy” by Shirley Wei
• “Making Music at Nemours: Alfred I. duPont’s Music Room at his Delaware Mansion” by Paula Phipps
• “Whose Revolution at the Concord Museum” by Reed Gochberg
• “The Silvered Stories of 19th-Century Southern Asia” by Katherine Anne Paul
• “Fighting for Freedom: Black Craftspeople and the Pursuit of Independence” by William A. Strollo
• “Probing the Mystique: A New Look at Newcomb Pottery” by Elyse D. Gerstenecker
• “Decorative Arts Shine at the Reopened Frick” by Marie-Laure Buku Pongo
• “A Room of Her Own: New Book Explores the Estrado” by Alexandra Frantischek Rodriguez-Jack
• “Luster, Shimmer, and Polish: Transpacific Materialities in the Arts of Colonial Latin America” by Juliana Fagua Arias

The Magazine of the Decorative Arts Trust is one of our most popular member benefits. Semiannual print issues are mailed in the summer and in the winter. If you would like a print copy, we invite you to become a Trust member today.

Pictured: The magazine cover features the Entrance Hall at Osterley Park showcasing Robert Adam’s signature Neoclassical style. The apsidal end features plasterwork by Joseph Rose and contains statues of Apollo and Minerva. The marble urns are attributed to Joseph Wilton. Decorative Arts Trust members visited the house during the Thames Valley Study Trip Abroad tours in May and June 2025.