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A Good Sack Posset
One entertaining aspect of researching for the exhibition Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition was the discovery of some wonderful period quotes. For example, let’s take the subject of posset pots. You’ve never heard of posset? Well, that’s not surprising, since … Continue reading
Posted in Ceramics, Decorative Arts, Exhibitions
Tagged alcohol, collection, drinking, objects, uncorked!, wine
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The McAllister Perspective Glass: A Lens on 19th-Century Optical Entertainments
Editor’s note: this is the third of several posts by graduate students in the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture (WPAMC), written as part of their Material Life in America class. Please note that you can click on the images … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, American Culture Studies, Decorative Arts, Students & Alumni
Tagged 19th century, collection, objects, student
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Travels through Conservation: Preserving Temperance
By Director of Conservation Lois Alcott Price The Textile Lab has recently been the site of a collaboration between painting and textile conservation. Flaking paint on a fragile silk edged cotton banner scheduled for exhibition in Uncorked! Wine, Objects & … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Exhibitions, Paintings, Textiles
Tagged 19th century, alcohol, collection, conservation, drinking, exhibition, history, objects, uncorked!
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Hair Apparent: False Hair Caps and the Mysterious World of 19th-Century Hair Anxiety
I have a reputation for loving the stranger objects at Winterthur. Ask me what I like and I’ll usually respond, “The high style Philadelphia furniture is impressive, but did you see the glass fly trap on the second floor? It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, American Culture Studies, Decorative Arts, Textiles
Tagged 19th century, America, collection, hair, history, museum, wigs
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Twentieth-Century Wine at Winterthur
In preparation for what promises to be a fantastic exhibition on wine implements—Uncorked! by Senior Curator of Ceramics and Glass Leslie Grigsby—I have been researching the history of the wine cellar here at Winterthur. The museum’s founder, Henry Francis du … Continue reading
Posted in Du Pont Family, Exhibitions, Life at Winterthur
Tagged alcohol, collection, prohibition, uncorked!, wine, wine at winterthur, wine cellars
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Location = “Let us Know”: Inventorying a Collection on the Move
When my phone rang on July 8, 2010, one of Senator Carper’s staffers was on the other end of the line to congratulate me on Winterthur’s Museums for America grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). My … Continue reading
Posted in Behind-the-Scenes, Registration
Tagged collection, database, grant, IMLS, inventory, location, museum, objects, storage
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