About the DAS

The Decorative Arts Society is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1990 to encourage interest in, appreciation of and exchange of information about decorative arts. To pursue its purposes, the society sponsors meetings, programs, seminars and a newsletter, as well as an awards program to recognize scholarship in the field. Its supporters include museum professionals, academics, collectors, institutions, dealers and decorative arts enthusiasts.

The mission of the Decorative Arts Society is to build and support a community for the appreciation and study of decorative arts.

Contributions to the DAS are tax-deductible, subject to applicable limitations.

Officers and Board Members, 2024

Amy Dehan, President; Curator of Decorative Arts & Design, Cincinnati Art Museum

Stewart G. Rosenblum, Treasurer

Gerald W. R. Ward, Newsletter Editor; Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of the Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Moira Ferguson, Secretary; Assistant Curator, Tiffany Archives, Tiffany & Company 

Medill Harvey, Publication Awards Chair; Ruth Bigelow Wriston Curator of American Decorative Arts, and Manager, Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Catherine Stergar, Newsletter Chair; Independent Researcher

Karen Zukowski, Website Chair; Independent Writer

Ruth Thaler-Carter, Newsletter Coordinator and Webmaster; Freelance Writer/Editor

Margaret (Margi) Hofer, Events Co-Chair; Independent Curator/Museum Director Emerita, New-York Historical Society

Liz St. George, Events Co-Chair; Assistant Curator, Decorative Arts and Design, Brooklyn Museum

Anna T. D’Ambrosio, President and CEO, MUNSON

Margaret Caldwell

Judith Hernstadt