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Category Archives: Life at Winterthur
The Custom of New Year’s Calling
Looking to kick the New Year off right? Why not skip the bacchanalian revelry of New Year’s Eve and re-create the centuries-old custom of calling on friends on New Year’s Day? Popular in the 1800s, calling evolved from a Dutch … Continue reading
Posted in Du Pont Family, Ephemera, Library, Life at Winterthur, museum collection, New Year's calling, Uncategorized
Tagged ephemera, H. F. du Pont, Harry du Pont, Henry Francis du Pont, New Year's Calling, New Year's Day, Winterthur Library, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library
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Best in Class
With the holidays fast approaching, ’tis the season of Christmas traditions at Winterthur. The annual Yuletide Tour is under way, showcasing Henry Francis du Pont’s former home decorated for the season. In admiring the lavish dining room at its holiday … Continue reading
A Debt to Inspiration: On the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Jayne Design Studio
It is an honor and a privilege to serve as honorary chair and deliver the keynote lecture at the 2015 Delaware Antiques Show, benefiting one of this country’s most important cultural institutions. It is especially gratifying to me, a graduate … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, Architecture, Decorative Arts, Delaware Antiques Show, Du Pont Family, Events, House, Life at Winterthur, Members, Uncategorized
Tagged #DAS, du Pont, H. F. du Pont, Henry Francis du Pont, interior design, thomas jayne, Winterthur, Winterthur Garden, Winterthur Library, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture
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Back of the House and Beyond: The Millionaire’s Household, 1900–1942
For a number of years, Maggie Lidz, Winterthur’s recently retired estate historian, and I have been working on a book that takes an in-depth look at the rarely explored spaces in large American houses and estates. It has taken a … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, Architecture, Behind-the-Scenes, Design, Du Pont Family, House, Library, Life at Winterthur, Members, Uncategorized
Tagged American estates, Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey Exhibition, du Pont, H. F. du Pont, Henry Francis du Pont, interior design, museum, Winterthur
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Thanksgiving at Winterthur
Winterthur founder Henry Francis du Pont was known as a great entertainer. He meticulously planned his dinner parties, overseeing every detail, from the china, silverware, and table linens to the floral arrangements and menu courses. It would be reasonable to think … Continue reading
Posted in Du Pont Family, House, Life at Winterthur
Tagged Baltimore Drawing Room, Chinese Parlor, Granogue, H. F. du Pont, Henry Francis du Pont, HF du Pont, Hilary Seitz, Irenee du Pont, Ruth Wales, Ruth Wales du Pont, Thanksgiving, Winterthur, Winterthur Library, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library, Wintethur Garden
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As Night Falls on Downton Abbey
The dazzling dinner parties on the period drama Downton Abbey are known to yield some of the character’s best one-liners, especially those uttered by the Dowager Countess of Grantham played by Dame … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Exhibitions, Life at Winterthur
Tagged A Night at Downton, Caroline McCall, Costumes of Downton Abbey, Costumes of Downton Abbey Cocktail Party, Costumes of Downton Abbey Exhibition, Countess of Grantham, Crawley family, Dame Maggie Smith, Dowager Countess of Grantham, Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey Cocktail Party, Downton Abbey Exhibition, H. F. du Pont, Harry du Pont, Henry du Pont, Henry Francis du Pont, Henry Poole & Co, HF du Pont, Hilary Seitz, Jessica Fellowes, Lanvin, London Saville Row, Regina Lynch, Saville Row, Susannah Buxton, The World of Downton Abbey, Vogue Book of Etiquette, Winterthur, Winterthur Garden, Winterthur Library, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library
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Daffodil Days
If you have been to Winterthur within the last two weeks, you have seen the remarkable display of naturalized daffodils emerging along the front drive and throughout the garden. The daffodil’s triumphant bloom is a clear signal of spring on … Continue reading
Posted in Du Pont Family, Garden, Life at Winterthur
Tagged daffodils, Delaware, H. F. du Pont, Henry Francis du Pont, HF du Pont, Narcissus poeticus, naturalized daffodils, Winterthur, Winterthur bloom, Winterthur Daffodils, Winterthur Garden, Winterthur Museum, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library
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The du Ponts of Winterthur
Winterthur Museum seems impossible to imagine as a home. How could the vast structure—all nine stories of it—have housed a small family of four? The sheen of quality in the museum collections, polished by curators for decades, blocks any sense … Continue reading
Swedish Holiday Tradition
One of my favorite parts about working at Winterthur is learning about those in the community here. I was fortunate enough to meet Gloria Lagergren, a guide specialist and, as I learned, a very talented artist here at the museum. … Continue reading
Posted in Life at Winterthur, Yuletide
Tagged feast day, Lucia of Syracuse, Old Swedes Church, Saint Lucia, Saint Lucy, St. Lucia, St. Lucia Day, Swedish, Winterthur, Yuletide
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’Tis the Season
The holiday season at Winterthur is not to be missed. This year, Yuletide at Winterthur, opening November 23, illuminates winter festivities from long ago and provides inspiration for creating your own memorable holiday events. Throughout the tour, three major themes … Continue reading
Posted in Decorative Arts, Du Pont Family, Events, House, Life at Winterthur, Yuletide
Tagged celebration, Christmas, du Pont, German, Grossman, H. F. du Pont, Henry Francis, holiday, Swedish-American, Winterthur, Yuletide
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