Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere
New York, New York
December 7, 2019

Debra Schmidt Bach, curator of decorative arts at the New-York Historical Society (New York, NY), led DAS contributors and supporters on a private tour of this exhibition focusing on the business, artistic and patriotic aspects of Paul Revere, featuring more than 150 objects and providing an in-depth exploration of his work as a silversmith, engraver, printmaker and copper manufacturer.
Organized by the American Antiquarian Society and coordinated at the New-York Historical Society, the exhibition draws from the society’s collection of Revere engravings; tea services; and commonplace objects such as shoe buckles, thimbles and medical tools, as well as public commissions such as a bronze courthouse bell.

A Weekend in Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
September 9-10, 2019

Patricia E. Kane, Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, CT), led the DAS on a tour of three new facilities at Yale's West Campus that provide state-of-the-art access to objects not currently on exhibit at the Yale University Art Gallery. Brandy S. Culp, Richard Koopman Curator of American Decorative Arts, led a tour through the exhibition Design in the American Home, 1650 to 1850. The DAS then joined Culp on a tour of the Austin House, a National Historic Landmark and the former West End home of A. Everett “Chick” Austin, Jr., the museum’s director from 1927 to 1944.

Treasures from Chatsworth: The Exhibition
Sotheby’s New York
September 11, 2019

The DAS invited contributors to attend a private tour of Treasures of Chatsworth: The Exhibition, led by a Chatsworth House staff member, on September 11, 2019. Chatsworth House, in the United Kingdom, is home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, and has been passed down through 16 generations of the Cavendish family.

A Weekend in Providence
Providence, RI
Friday, June 21–Sunday, June 23, 2019

Providence Art Club
DAS contributors and supporters enjoyed lunch and a tour of the ca. 1790 Club House of the second-oldest art club in the country and its 1885 Fleur-de-Lys Studio nearby, led by Robert Emlen, university curator and senior lecturer in American studies, Brown University.

Gorham Company Archive, John Hay Library, Brown University
The trip included highlights from the Gorham Company Archive, featuring thousands of drawings and photographs of Gorham products.

Rhode Island School of Design Museum
Elizabeth Williams, David & Peggy Rockefeller Curator of Decorative Arts and Design, guided participants through the comprehensive exhibition Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance, 1850–1970.

Clouds Hill
The group enjoyed a private tour, with behind-the-scenes access, of an 1870s Gothic Revival house on the National Register of Historic Places, featuring an Egyptian-themed room among its treasures.

Warren Chair Works and O&G
Designer Jonathan Glatt will led a tour of Warren Chairworks, a Windsor chair manufacturer carrying on the region’s handcrafted tradition, as well as his furniture studio, O&G, which provides a contemporary interpretation of the style.

Gov. Henry Lippitt House Museum for Tour
Carrie Taylor, director, guided the group through this National Historic Landmark — a 30-room Italianate mansion with Renaissance Revival interiors that is one of the best-preserved examples of a Victorian-era home in the USA.

A Day Trip to New Haven
New Haven, CT
Saturday, April 27, 2019

A Nation Reflected: Stories in American Glass
Yale University Art Gallery

John Stuart Gordon, Benjamin Attmore Hewitt Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts, Yale University Art Gallery, led a private curatorial tour of the exhibition.

William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum
Yale Center for British Arts

Nathan Flis, head of exhibitions and assistant curator of 17th-Century paintings, Yale University Art Gallery, led a private curatorial tour.