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About

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.

Home page image: Coffee and Tea Service, circa 1744, Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Germany, est. 1720), porcelain, Cincinnati Art Museum, Centennial Gift of the Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Joseph, 1981.83–113

Mission

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

DAS Board

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    Amy Dehan

    DAS President. Curator of Decorative Arts & Design, Cincinnati Art Museum

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    Emily Croll

    DAS Treasurer. Independent Museum Consultant

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    Moira Ferguson

    DAS Secretary. Assistant Curator, The Tiffany Archives, Tiffany & Company

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    Maria Yeye

    DAS Corresponding Secretary. Curatorial Assistant, Dallas Museum of Art

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    Margaret Caldwell

    Furniture Scholar

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    Anna T. D’Ambrosio

    President and CEO, MUNSON

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    Medill Harvey

    DAS Publication Awards Chair. Ruth Bigelow Wriston Curator of American Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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    Judith Hernstadt

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    Margi Hofer

    DAS Programs Co-Chair. Executive Director, The Coby Foundation, Ltd

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    Liz St. George

    DAS Programs Co-Chair. Assistant Curator, Decorative Arts and Design, Brooklyn Museum

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    Karen Zukowski

    DAS Website Chair. Independent Writer

Administrative Roles

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    Ruth E. Thaler-Carter

    DAS Newsletter Coordinator. Freelance Writer/Editor

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    Gerald W. R. Ward

    Newsletter Editor. Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Emeritus, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston