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.
DAS Leadership, 2025
• Officers
Amy Dehan, President; curator of Decorative Arts & Design, Cincinnati Art Museum
Emily Croll, Treasurer; consultant with museums and private collectors on collections and exhibitions
Moira Ferguson, Secretary; assistant curator, Tiffany Archives, Tiffany & Company
Maria Yeye, Corresponding secretary; curatorial assistant, Denver Museum of Art
• Board Members
Margaret Caldwell
Anna T. D’Ambrosio, President and CEO, MUNSON
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
Judith Hernstadt
Margi Hofer, Events co-chair; independent curator/museum director emerita, New-York Historical Society
Stewart Rosenblum, Esq., outgoing Treasurer
Liz St. George, Events co-chair; assistant curator, Decorative Arts and Design, Brooklyn Museum
Karen Zukowski, Website chair; independent writer
• Support Roles
Ruth Thaler-Carter, Newsletter coordinator and webmaster; freelance writer/editor
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
