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Tag Archives: Winterthur Museum Garden & Library
Looks Good Enough to Eat! Dishes Imitate Foods in Dining by Design Exhibition
As well as studying early cookbooks, prints, and paintings, those of us who love the history of food can learn about past delicacies by studying the shapes of dishes and their ornament. In the Winterthur exhibition Dining by Design: Nature … Continue reading
Tools, Textiles, and Water Mills
During the summer between the first and second years of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture graduate program, fellows disperse to research their various thesis topics. For me, this meant traveling from Virginia to Vermont, to explore the world … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Programs, American Culture Studies, Decorative Arts, George Washington, Students & Alumni, Textiles, Uncategorized
Tagged American textile history museum, George Washington, graduate programs winterthur, mount vernon ladies association, Sturbridge Village, textiles, tools, water mills, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library, Winterthur Program in American Material Culture
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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
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
A Winterthur Interview: Thomas Chippendale at 300
In celebration of the 300th anniversary of Thomas Chippendale’s birth, Winterthur Museum has organized an exhibit featuring its collection of rococo-inspired furniture, Thomas Chippendale’s publications, and related publications and objects influenced by Chippendale’s designs. Cecilia Aquino, Winterthur intern, sat down … Continue reading
Dining by Design Meets Terrific Tuesdays! Who Says Kids Don’t Like Old Stuff, Too?
What is the most common lament that we curators hear from collectors and those lucky individuals who have inherited family heirlooms? Young people today have absolutely no interest in objects from the past. But is that really true? Perhaps, we … Continue reading
Posted in Ceramics, Decorative Arts, exhibition, Family, Programs
Tagged antiques, ceramics, Terrific Tuesdays, Winterthur Museum Garden & Library
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Joyous Memories and Dining by Design
Among the greatest joys an exhibition curator can experience is seeing the pleasure with which guests respond to their displays. Very high on my list relating to Dining by Design: Nature Displayed on the Dinner Table (open through January 6, … Continue reading
Calling Santa Claus
It’s hard to imagine a time when telephones were not a part of everyday living. Today, phones are found in our homes, offices, and even in our pockets—modern life would shut down without them. In the late nineteenth century, however, … Continue reading
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