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Category Archives: Decorative Arts
Royal Commemorations: Celebrating Coronations and Jubilees with Objects
Today marks the 64th anniversary of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Although Elizabeth ascended the throne on February 6, 1952, upon the death of her father King George VI, the coronation ceremony was delayed to allow for a period … Continue reading
Chinese Export Porcelain, Swedish Iron, and Beer: A Union of Late 18th-Century Global Connections
An extraordinary pair of Chinese export porcelain mugs recently donated to Winterthur and featured in our Collecting for the Future: Recent Additions to the Winterthur Collection exhibition opening May 6, has a fascinating private as well as global history. Likely … Continue reading
Posted in antiques, Asian goods, Ceramics, China, chinese export porcelain, Decorative Arts, Eastern objects, exhibition, Exhibitions, galleries, museum collection, Prints, Photos & Drawings, Uncategorized
Tagged 18th century global trade, antiques, Chinese Export Porcelain, museum acquisitions, sweden, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library
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What’s Proof Got to Do, Got to Do with It?
They seem to make unusual exhibition bedfellows: a pair of Tiffany Studios’ lampshades and an eclectic assortment of Staffordshire bear jugs, owl jugs, and candlesticks. On the one hand, the “Grape” and “Dragonfly” lampshades, on loan to Treasures on … Continue reading
Posted in art collections, art fraud, Ceramics, Decorative Arts, exhibition, Exhibitions, forgery, fraud, galleries, Glass, Treasures on trial, Uncategorized
Tagged antiques, art fraud, earthenware, fake, forgeries, H. F. du Pont, Neustadt Collection, stoneware, Tiffany, Tiffany Studios, treasures on trial, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library
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Historians as Detectives
One of the best examples of the difficulty involved in dating and verifying a genuine antique is represented by the Chinese export porcelain in the Intent section of the Treasures on Trial exhibition. These objects were not sold in a … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, antiques, art fraud, Ceramics, declaration of independence, Decorative Arts, House, museum collection, Treasures on trial, Uncategorized
Tagged antiques, ceramics, Chinese Export Porcelain, fake antiques, treasures on trial, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library
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Timing is Everything
Exhibitions often represent a point in time, and although Winterthur’s new exhibition Treasures on Trial: The Art and Science of Detecting Fakes has been a project two-and-a-half years in the making, its arrival in early 2017 could not have been … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, Decorative Arts, exhibition, sports memorabilia, Uncategorized
Tagged de kooning, expert opinion, fake art, fake ceramics, fake news, fake wine, fakes, fine art, forgery, fraud, knoedler gallery, rothko, sports memorabilia, treasures on trial, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library
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A Closer Look: Winterthur’s Dollond Telescope
Taking a closer look has a double-meaning when a telescope is the object of our gaze. This one, with a mahogany wood barrel and brass fittings for glass lenses, is a special treasure in the Winterthur collection. It seems enormous … Continue reading
Blossoming Prints: The Dutch Flower Still Life Tradition at Winterthur
Winterthur welcomes the first day of spring with printed flowers in bloom! Visitors to Winterthur know that Henry Francis du Pont’s love of flowers and gardens extended to his collecting and decorating practices. In addition to displaying fresh flowers in … Continue reading
The Julia Child of Needlework
The second blog post in our New Accessions series features the needlework of Erica Wilson (1928-2011) recently donated to Winterthur by her family. Quite modern compared to the majority of Winterthur’s decorative arts collection (most of which were made before … Continue reading
The Remarkable Life and Career of a Free African-American Cabinetmaker
This mid-19th-century mahogany veneer dressing bureau, one of Winterthur’s newest furniture acquisitions, is a visually striking object with an even more striking history. Although the dresser conforms to popular urban furniture designs of its era (with its distinctive carved bracket … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, antiques, Furniture, galleries, museum collection, Uncategorized
Tagged 19th century, African-American, Antebellum South, antiques, furniture, Henry Francis du Pont, milton, museum acquisitions, nc, thomas day, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture
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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
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