Category Archives: made in the americas

The Fad for the Orient: Early Twentieth-Century Trade Catalogues and U.S. Fiction

Posted on April 4, 2017

My residency at the Winterthur Museum, Library, and Garden last year coincided with the opening of the exhibition Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia, which focused on how Asian art objects traveled to North and South America … Continue reading →

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Exotic Woods and International Trade

Posted on March 21, 2016

The objects in the upcoming Made in the Americas exhibition tell about global trade and how it inspired artistic traditions around the world (see our previous blog post, Globalism and Culturally Inspired Craftsmanship). Furniture crafted from exotic tropical hardwoods is … Continue reading →

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Globalism and Culturally Inspired Craftsmanship

Posted on March 17, 2016

On March 26 Winterthur will welcome visitors to Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia, an exhibition curated by Dennis Carr, Carolyn and Peter Lynch Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. … Continue reading →

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