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Newsletter Fall 2012 DATED Decorative Arts Society Arts Decorative C/O Veronica Conkling Box 2203 PO VA 22195 Woodbridge newsletter fall 2012 Volume 20, Number 2 Decorative Arts Society DAS Newsletter Volume 20 Editor Gerald W.R. Ward Number 2 Senior Consulting Curator & Fall 2012 Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of American Decorative Arts and The DAS Sculpture Emeritus The DAS Newsletter is a publication Museum of Fine Arts, Boston of the Decorative Arts Society, Inc. The Boston, MA purpose of the DAS Newsletter is to serve as a forum for communication about research, The Decorative Arts Society, Inc., is a exhibitions, publications, conferences and Coordinator other activities pertinent to the serious Ruth E. Thaler-Carter founded in 1990 for the encouragement study of international and American deco- Freelance Writer/Editor ofnot-for-profit interest in, theNew appreciation York corporation of, and the rative arts. Listings are selected from press Rochester, NY exchange of information about the releases and notices posted or received decorative arts. To pursue its purposes, from institutions, and from notices submit- Advisory Board the Society sponsors meetings, programs, ted by individuals. We reserve the right to Michael Conforti seminars, tours and a newsletter on the reject material and to edit materials for Director decorative arts. Its supporters include length or clarity. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute museum curators, academics, collectors We do not cover commercial galleries. Williamstown, MA and dealers. The DAS Newsletter welcomes submis- sions, preferably in digital format, submit- Wendy Kaplan Officers ted by e-mail in Plain Text or as Word Department Head and Curator, President attachments, or on a CD and accompanied Decorative Arts David L. Barquist by a paper copy. Images should be provided Los Angeles County Museum of Art H. Richard Dietrich, Jr., Curator at high quality (400 dpi), preferably as Los Angeles, CA TIFFs or JPEGs, either color or black-and- of American Decorative Arts Philadelphia Museum Art white, with detailed captions. Cheryl Robertson Philadelphia, PA The newsletter of the DAS is published Independent Scholar, Curator two times a year at this time. Submission and Museum Consultant deadlines for 2013: March 31 for the Cambridge, MA Treasurer spring issue; August 30 for the fall issue. Stewart G. Rosenblum, Esq. Please send material to: Charles Venable New York, NY Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, Director & CEO DAS Newsletter Coordinator Indianapolis Museum of Art Secretary 2500 East Avenue, #7K Indianapolis, IN Veronica Conkling Rochester, NY 14610 Independent Researcher Gillian Wilson Washington, DC [email protected] Curator of Decorative Arts J. Paul Getty Museum Members 585-248-8464, phone Los Angeles, CA 585-248-3638, fax Communications Ghenete Zelleke Monika Schiavo To better serve our contributors and Associate Curator, European Waverly Rare Books/ the decorative arts community, the DAS Decorative Arts Quinn’s Auction Galleries website may provide information about Art Institute of Chicago Falls Church/Charlottesville, VA events that fall between issues. Chicago, IL Programs Nicholas Vincent Research Associate, American Decorative Arts Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY Please send change-of-address information by e-mail to Secretary@ Cover image: DecArtsSociety.org. Vase, silver, enamel, citrines and garnets; 8 in. high x 4 in. diameter (20.32 cm x 10.16 cm). George Paulding Farnham, Tiffany and Company, 1901; made for Newsletter design by Plum Crane. the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, NY (see News). All content ©2012 Decorative Arts Society. From the president An exciting year of educational events By David L. Barquist, DAS President NJ, that gave participants privileged he Decorative Arts Society, Inc. access to four historic houses, as well (DAS) has continued through as the Monmouth County Historical Tthe summer and fall with an Association (MCHA), under the superb active schedule of study trips. In May, leadership of MCHA curator Berna- we offered a weekend visit to upstate dette Rogoff (see page 3). DAS contrib- New York, including Albany, Utica and utors Peter and Leslie Warwick were Cooperstown. Tammis Groft of the gracious hosts at their beautiful home, Albany Institute of History and Art with its extraordinary collections of and Anna D’Ambrosio of the Munson- folk art and New Jersey decorative arts, Williams-Proctor Institute deserve and were also instrumental in creating special thanks for their insightful tours, the itinerary for this event. not only of their institutions but also of These trips are intended to ad- architectural sites and private collec- vance knowledge of and interest in the tions in their cities. The trip concluded with a visit foster a spirit of camaraderie among members for everything they do as to the amazing Hyde Hall in Cooper- thefield participants, of decorative and arts, they as wellcertainly as to loyal volunteers to keep the DAS mov- stown, led by Gilbert Vincent, archi- were extremely successful on both ing forward, in terms of membership, tectural historian and uncle of DAS counts. Nick Vincent has done yeoman board member Nick Vincent. service in planning these trips, and I newsletter. On September 15, we offered a want to take this opportunity to thank finances,Looking website ahead and, to 2013,of course, we are this one-day trip to Monmouth County, planning a visit to the newly reopened Yale University Art Gallery (New him and all the DAS officers and board - tion of American decorative arts on DAS news MarchHaven, CT)2, 2013 and .its For magnificent the summer, collec we are considering a weekend trip after the galleries of European decorative DAS awards are open for submissions arts at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts ubmissions are open for the DAS There are no formal deadlines for reopen, as well as sites on the North awards programs, which rec- consideration. Self-nominations are Shore, such as Beauport (the Sleeper- Sognize excellence in books and permitted. McCann House of Historic New articles about the decorative arts. Nominations and copies of rel- England; Gloucester, MA), which was The Charles F. Montgomery evant works published in 2012 to be a major inspiration to H.F. du Pont in Award of the DAS is presented to the considered for the Montgomery award creating Winterthur. - or prize may be sent to: Your participation in these pro- Gerald W.R. Ward, Senior Consult- grams and your contributions to the artsscholar(s) is judged whose the firstmost major outstanding publica ing Curator & Katharine Lane Weems DAS are vital to the organization’s con- suchtion in work the fieldpublished of American in the previous decorative Senior Curator of American Decorative tinued strength and growth, and your Arts and Sculpture Emeritus suggestions and ideas for ways we can works published in 1979. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston improve are always welcome. year.The The Charles award was F. Montgomery first presented Prize for 465 Huntington Avenue of the DAS is awarded for the most Boston, MA 02115 distinguished contribution to the study Submissions for the Robert C. of American decorative arts published Smith Award for 2012 works may be In this issue in the English language by a North sent to: American scholar in the previous year. Thomas S. Michie, Russell B. and DAS news 1 Andrée Beauchamp Senior Curator of Events 4 published in 1982. Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of News 5 People 7 The Theprize Robert was first C. Smithpresented Commit for works- Europe Acquisitions 10 tee aims to recognize the best article Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Exhibitions 13 on decorative arts published within a 465 Huntington Avenue Publications 31 given year. Boston, MA 02115 Fall 2012 Newsletter of the Decorative Arts Society, Inc./1 DAS studies historic NJ decorative arts collections By Monika Schiavo, DAS board member ettled by the Dutch in 1664, Mon- mouth County, NJ, was the setting Sfor a September 15, 2012, DAS study tour of decorative arts collec- tions and historic homes, arranged by Nicholas Vincent. The fair fall weather allowed 23 DAS members to devote the day to the study of the region’s indig- enous architecture and decorative arts. Participants traveled by chartered mo- venues, starting at the private home of Tour participants (above) examine Petertor coach and between Leslie Warwick five historic. house ca. 1956 wainscot chair at MCHA Long-standing members of the museum (right). American Folk Art Society, collectors and authors, the Warwicks are recog- nized for their collection of 18th- and 19th-century furniture, paintings, needlework and ceramics, as well as their extensive scholarship in early American folk and decorative art. The owners led DAS members on a tour of their ca. 1800 former farm- house, offering details about the ob- jects they have acquired over the past - Painted grisaille bouquets on kas at cancefive decades. of the items The husband-and-wife and offered their Holmes-Hendrickson House (left). thoughtsteam discussed about the evolutionhistorical ofsignifi their collection. From the New Jersey stone- ware arranged around the farmhouse the museum is planning a 2013 exhibi- hearth to the pictorial needlework on academic study that now form the tion of his work, including the gifts of the walls, the arrangements revealed starting point of present-day historic two portraits by the Warwicks. each object’s distinctive form, color or house museum plans. The day wrapped up with visits to texture, while adding humor and inter- The study tour continued on to the two additional MCHA historic houses. est to the warm and inviting family MCHA headquarters, which preserves The Cowenhoven House (c.1753) home. and interprets the county’s architectur- served as headquarters for the British The group traveled next to Marlpit al and decorative arts through educa- general Sir Henry Clinton before the Hall, the ca. 1756 home of Edward tional programs, archives and special Revolutionary War Battle of Mon- Taylor and now a stop on the New exhibits. Rogoff gave DAS members a mouth in 1778.
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