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Category Archives: American Culture Studies
Truths of the Trade: Collecting, Researching, and Exhibiting an Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World Cabinet
A mere shadow, faintly visible in raking light, is all that remains of the script that once spelled “Philadelphia” on the drawer front of Winterthur’s recently acquired double cabinet. This drawer may be blank, but gold painted letters still adorn … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, American Culture Studies, antiques, Delaware Antiques Show, exhibition, Exhibitions, Furniture, galleries, museum acquisition, museum collection, Students & Alumni, Uncategorized
Tagged Delaware Antiques Show, slave trade, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library
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Road Trip!
This summer I embarked on an expedition to the Midwest for thesis research on nineteenth- and turn-of-the-century Islamic architecture in American domestic and religious spaces. I refer to this journey as the “Thesis Research Road Trip Adventure” because, little did … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, American Culture Studies, antiques, Architecture, Design, Students & Alumni, Uncategorized
Tagged antiques, islamic architecture, lois mcneil fellow, midwest architecture, moorish architecture, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture
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From Beautiful to Practical: My Internship in Historic Clock Repair
I have always been fascinated with clocks. If you were to see me in a museum or auction gallery—whether on one of our field studies with my Winterthur classmates or on my own—chances are that you would find me by … Continue reading
Getting on the Bus
In his 1968 classic book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe traveled the country in a bus with writer Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters. During a trip that came to encapsulate the counterculture, Wolfe quoted Kesey … Continue reading
Posted in American Culture Studies, Library, museum collection, Students & Alumni, Uncategorized
Tagged 19th century, Byrdcliffe, communities, hamilton college, intentional communities, oneida, utopias, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, Woodstock
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Ornamental Arts at Moravian Boarding Schools
Winterthur is renowned for its incomparable Pennsylvania German collection, but few realize that it also has an excellent small group of Moravian objects. Thanks to a recent research fellowship, l have been able to study the latter pieces that were, … Continue reading
Domestic Politics
Every four years, after each presidential election, there are newspaper op-eds claiming that the campaign that year was longer, nastier, and more divisive than ever. The truth of the matter is that presidential campaigns of the past could be just … Continue reading
Hanging in the Balance
As creator of the dollhouse that will go on display November 19 at Winterthur, Nancy McDaniel sought perfection in every detail, down to the miniature wall decor. Among the 128 tiny pieces positioned on the walls are watercolor and oil … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, American Culture Studies, Art Conservation, Behind-the-Scenes, Conservation, Dollhouse, Exhibitions, Students & Alumni, Uncategorized
Tagged dollhouse, queen mary's dollhouse, Winterthur Galleries, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture
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Reuniting Two Treaty Elm Vases
One of the more curious items in Winterthur’s collection is a carved wooden vase attributed to the Philadelphia carver George Magraph. The vase, or urn, which tilts slightly to the side due to warping over time, features vegetal carved decoration … Continue reading
The New South: Reflections on the Future of the Past
The Winterthur Program in American Material Culture (WPAMC) took our annual southern studies field trip recently. Since the last trip occurred, Catharine Dann Roeber has taken over as assistant professor of Decorative Arts and Material Culture, and I have stepped … Continue reading
Looking West: The Frontier Myth in Currier and Ives’s America
The American West is seen in the eyes of many as a place of freedom, expression of youth, and the location of some of the most beautiful natural spaces the country has left to offer. The infamous landscapes of Yellowstone … Continue reading
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