The Decorative Arts Trust celebrates the United States Semiquincentennial with a collection of 250 historic objects from across the country.

We invite you to explore this online collection of meaningful and impactful objects that represent independence, identity, and community. While this resource is by no means comprehensive, we hope you enjoy exploring how objects can tell the story of America, and we encourage you to explore material culture collections online and in person at the wealth of institutions in our great nation.

Lantern

Lantern

Maker Maker once known Title Lantern Date of Creation c. 1775 Location Boston, Massachusetts Materials Iron, glass Institution Concord Museum Credit Line Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Cummings E. Davis Accession Number M400a.1 Photo Credit Concord Museum Category...

Lantern
Boston, Massachusetts
Concord Museum​

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Teapot John Bartlam Metropolitan Museum of Art

CERAMICS

basket, hood museum of art, aleksandra kudrin reinken

FOLK ART, INSTRUMENTS, AND TOOLS

FURNITURE AND CLOCKS

GLASS

MAPS, PRINTS, AND PAINTINGS

freedom box, metalwork, jamuel johnson, yale university art gallery

METALWORK

TEXTILES

Highlighting Quilts

Quilt
North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska
Nebraska State Historical Society

Freedom Quilt
Parrott, Georgia
High Museum of Art

Album Quilt
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore Museum of Art

Album Quilt
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore Museum of Art

Quilt
West Point, White County, Arkansas
Historic Arkansas Museum

Album Quilt
Indian Bay, Monroe County, Arkansas
Historic Arkansas Museum

Quilt
Marshall County, IL
Illinois State Museum

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