Upcoming programs
The Decorative Arts Society, Inc. (DAS) is pleased to offer this special event for our contributors:
A Tour of Collecting Inspiration:
Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co.
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at 4 p.m.
Join the DAS for a tour of Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co., led by exhibition curator Medill Higgins Harvey, the Ruth Bigelow Wriston Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This special opportunity is offered on a day when the museum is closed to the public.
Collecting Inspiration explores the collection of decorative arts amassed by Edward C. Moore (1827–91), the silversmith, designer and creative force who led Tiffany & Co. to originality and success during the late 19th century. From Greek and Roman glass and Japanese baskets to metalwork from the Islamic world, the objects were a source of inspiration for Moore and the designers he supervised. The exhibition features more than 180 examples from Moore’s personal collection, juxtaposed with 60 silver objects created by the designers and artisans at Tiffany who were inspired by Moore’s acquisitions.
Time: Please arrive by 3:45 p.m. Tour will begin promptly at 4 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street), New York, NY 10028
Meet the group just inside the main entrance.
Cost: $20 per person, payable by check or Zelle.
Limited to 25 DAS contributors on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Mail or email your completed registration form no later than
Friday, June 7, to:
Decorative Arts Society, Inc.
c/o Stewart G. Rosenblum
333 East 69th Street, #8E
New York, NY 10021
or to DAS Treasurer Stewart G. Rosenblum at
profsgped@hotmail.com
Either mail your check, payable to “Decorative Arts Society, Inc.,”
to the above address, or send payment via Zelle to Treasurer@DecArtsSociety.org and note that on the completed registration form.
If you have any questions, contact DAS Board Member Margi Hofer at
margi.hofer@gmail.com
If you are interested in becoming a DAS contributor, visit our website: http://www.decartssociety.org/support/ or contact info@decartssociety.org for more information.
Please note that changes may occur in the program beyond the control of the Decorative Arts Society. The Decorative Arts Society, its officers and its directors, individually and/or otherwise, and cooperating organizations and individuals have no liability or responsibility whatsoever for this event, nor for any acts or omissions of others in connection therewith, and shall in no event be under any liability or responsibility whatsoever for the injury or death of any person or any loss, expense, delay, injury, or other damage to any person or property occurring on, during, or in relation to the event, or any change in the schedule or cancellation of the event. Reservation for a place for the event will constitute acceptance of these terms.
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Past programs
A Private Tour of the Special Exhibition
Gold in America: Artistry, Memory, Power
Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the Yale University Art Gallery
Led by John Stuart Gordon, Benjamin Attmore Hewitt Curator of American Decorative Arts
For millennia, gold’s glow, resistance to corrosion and rarity have made it a preferred material for objects meant to convey prestige, authority or devotion. Drawing on the Yale University Art Gallery’s holdings of American gold and augmented by paintings, photographs and other works of art, Gold in America: Artistry, Memory, Power was the gallery’s first exhibition since 1963 to survey the role of gold in American art and culture.
The exhibition featured more than 70 examples of gold and related material, with objects spanning more than 400 years, such as early colonial betrothal and mourning rings; a Gilded Age coffee service by Tiffany and Company; rare coins made from ore mined during the Gold Rush; a pair of shoe buckles from the late-18th century reflecting the wealth derived from the slave trade in the Caribbean; and works by contemporary artists who explore the medium’s historical associations, as well as the environmental and human costs of its extraction from the earth.