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About Winterthur
An American Vision Wendy A. Cooper
Co-published by Winterthur with the National Gallery of Art, 2002 Flower Arranging the Winterthur Way Alberta A. Melloy
A lively introduction addresses H. F. du Pont's aesthetic as well as the history and importance of flower arranging at Winterthur from its inception. Add to all that a useful and reader-friendly glossary and the package is complete! Don't miss this "first ever of its kind" publication from the nation's premier decorative arts museum.
Published by Winterthur, available Fall 2002
Into Enchanted Woods
Jen Bryant
Jen Bryant's lyrical tale and James Browne's captivating illustrations are sure to inspire readers of all ages. This extraordinary picture book--based on the very real fairy-tale garden for children at Winterthur Museum & Country Estate in Delaware--will continue to charm and delight readers long after they have left Enchanted WoodsTM.
Published by Winterthur, 2001
The Winterthur Library Revealed
Five Centuries of Design and Inspiration
Eleanor S. Thompson et al. As revealed in this sumptuous volume, the Winterthur Library is a gem. Its comprehensive collections on American decorative arts and British and European design sources are unparalleled. From the core holdings supplied by Henry Francis du Pont from his private library to the more than 87,000 volumes and 500,000 manuscripts and images that it encompasses today, this repository founded to further the field of material culture is a veritable treasure trove. Accompanying an exhibition of the same name at the prestigious Grolier Club in New York City, The Winterthur Library Revealed: Five Centuries of Design and Inspiration includes essays and entries on the founding of the library and all aspects of its collections. From printed patterns of the 16th century to colonial revival design drawings of the 20th, the five centuries of books, drawings, and ephemera illustrated within represent the work of artisans, manufacturers, advertisers, and countless other hands through with the material surroundings of our everyday lives have passed. Each highlights the ways in which library resources contribute to the stories of decorative arts objects.
Published by Winterthur and Oak Knoll Press, 2003
Discover Enchanted Woods
A Fairy-Tale Garden at Winterthur
Denise Magnani
Published by Winterthur, 2001 Discover the Winterthur Period Rooms Pauline K. Eversmann
Published by Winterthur, 1998 Discover the Winterthur Estate Pauline K. Eversmann with Kathryn Head
Published by Winterthur, 1998 Discover the Historic Houses of Odessa Steven M. Pulinka
Published by Winterthur, 1999 Discover the Winterthur Garden
Denise Magnani
Published by Winterthur, 1998 Discover Yuletide at Winterthur Deborah V. R. Harper
Published by Winterthur, 1998
Life at Winterthur
A du Pont Family Album
Maggie Lidz
Published by Winterthur, 2001
Winterthur
The Foremost Museum of American Furniture and Decorative Arts
(Expanded and Updated Edition) Jay E. Cantor
Published for Winterthur by Harry N. Abrams, 1985; revised edition, 1997
The Winterthur Garden
Henry Francis du Pont's Romance with the Land
Denise Magnani et al.
Published for Winterthur by Harry N. Abrams, 1995
American Cornucopia
Treasures from the Winterthur Library
Edited by Katharine Martinez
Published by Winterthur, 1990
Yuletide at Winterthur
Tastes and Visions of the Season
Just as Americans revived and transformed Christmas in the 19th century, borrowing from various national traditions, so the staff at Winterthur Museum through painstaking research and experiment has recreated the festive foods and drinks of a vanished era to delight the eye and tempt the palate. The foods on display at Winterthur and described in this booklet were adapted from original recipes in books and manuscripts in the collections of Winterthur Library. With the combination of original recipes and their modern adaptation--presented here for your pleasure--are tastes of old and new.
Published by Winterthur, 1980
Grandeur on the Appoquinimink
The House of William Corbit at Odessa, Delaware
John A. H. Sweeney This book documents the building of colonial Delaware's finest Georgian mansion by Quaker tanner William Corbit. The size and quality of this house, located in what now seems to be a minor town, is indicative of the wealth and aspirations of those who lived adjacent to Appoquinimink Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River, which served as a grain depot for middle and southern Delaware. Author John A. H. Sweeney locates the man, his house, and his architect in the context of their world.
Published for Winterthur by University of Delaware Press, 1990
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A lavish volume of Winterthur masterpieces, An American Vision accompanies the exhibition of
the same name on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., from May to October
2002. In celebration of Winterthur's 50th anniversary, author and exhibition curator Wendy A.
Cooper, the Lois F. and Henry S. McNeil Senior Curator of Furniture at Winterthur, explores
the museum's collection, highlighting the fruits of H. F. du Pont's all-consuming appetite for
the most beautiful and meaningful reminders of America's past.
Flower Arranging the Winterthur Way, the newest offering from Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, is a stunner! Lavish,
full-color illustrations of seasonal arrangements in the museum period rooms are only the start. Author Bert Melloy, head
flower arranger at Winterthur from 1983 to 1990, has provided advice on all the basics: conditioning of material, design
principles, and "how-to" suggestions for creating fresh arrangements as well as the famous Winterthur Yuletide dried-flower tree.
Join Tara, her younger brother Thomas, and their new elf-friend Root on a fanciful journey through Enchanted WoodsTM
at Winterthur. On a warm summer day, the young pair venture into the woods in search of wild blackberries. Although
they lose their way, they soon find a magical realm of fairies, trolls, and wondrous surprises. With Root as their
guide, the two children explore a mysterious forest cottage, climb into a huge bird's nest, and crawl into a massive
hollow tree that has been transformed into a house. Follow along as they discover the wonders of the Enchanted WoodsTM
and the fairy folk who dwell there.
In Discover Enchanted Woods, the sixth volume in the Discover Winterthur Series, landscape curator and author Denise
Magnani offers readers a "behind-the-scenes" look at the creation of the children's garden. Shaped by the imagination
and given substance with sculptures, child-size structures, serpentine walks, and "found" bits and pieces of the Winterthur
estate, Enchanted WoodsTM will delight visitors with a Troll Bridge, Faerie Cottage, Bird's Nest, Frog Hollow, Tulip Tree
House, Story Stones, and Fairy Flower Labyrinth. Magnani's in-depth involvement with both the development and interpretation
of the garden serves her well in this "insider's" look at the newest Winterthur offering. A map is included.
Explaining why he created the Winterthur period rooms, Henry Francis du Pont wrote, "I didn't believe the early American
arts and crafts had been given the recognition they deserved, so I assembled examples of architecture, furniture, and widely
divergent early American materials of all sorts to show America as it had been." This beautifully illustrated tour through
some of the most famous rooms at Winterthur offers a brief history and interpretive summary of each room. Author Pauline
Eversmann traces the growth of the museum from a private country home to a world-renowned institution, offering a glimpse
not only into the development of the rooms themselves but into the extraordinary man behind them.
This beautifully illustrated guidebook provides an illustrated history of the Winterthur estate, tracing the evolution of
the farm, dairy, garden, and house, with a brief history of the 
Discover the Historic Houses of Odessa tells the fascinating story of the town, a once-bustling grain shipping port on the
banks of the Appoquinimink River, and of the everyday lives and ambitions of the people who lived there. In discovering the
histories of these houses, we get a glimpse of the importance of small towns in the national life of the young republic.
Henry Francis du Pont once wrote, "My work is in the garden." He began gardening in earnest in 1902 and soon became
fascinated by the power of color in the garden and in a naturalistic style of landscape design. In Discover the Winterthur
Garden, Denise Magnani, curator of the Landscape Division and author of The Winterthur Garden: Henry Francis du Pont's
Romance with the Land, tells the story of the creation and restoration of Winterthur's masterpiece of 20th-century
naturalism. With handsome new photography by Ray Magnani, it is a book not only for visitors to Winterthur but also for
anyone interested in gardens, museums, or nature photography.
In 1998 Winterthur celebrated the 20th anniversary of Yuletide at Winterthur, which began in 1978 with special evening
candlelight tours through 20 period rooms. Since then, this holiday tour has become a popular annual event, attracting
visitors from across the nation and the globe. Discover Yuletide at Winterthur, by Deborah V. R. Harper, not only traces
the development of the Yuletide tour but also examines changing customs associated with the season in America. From the
introduction of the Christmas tree to the rituals of New Years calling to holiday balls and festive Twelfth Night celebrations,
this beautifully illustrated book explores the varied holiday activities and beliefs of early Americans.
Long before it became a museum, Winterthur was a family home. Babies were born there, children grew up there, young
people married there, old people died there. Through photographs, letters, sketches, and even recipes, this scrapbook
chronicles the public and private aspects of life at the busy estate. Published in conjunction with the museum's 50th
anniversary celebration, Life at Winterthur begins in 1874, the year the estate was given to Henry Algernon du Pont as a wedding
gift, and ends with the 1947 nuptials of his youngest granddaughter, Ruth Ellen--the last great private celebration before
the home opened as a museum. Never-before-published photographs and personal reminiscences enliven this pictorial history
of life at one of America's grand old country estates.
Winterthur is a history of the museum and garden and its founder--a book that presents an in-depth look at Henry Francis du
Pont, his priceless collection of early American decorative arts, and the breathtaking naturalistic gardens that he
established at his estate in Delaware. Using archival and rare photographic records, the author traces the development of
the collection and du Pont's growth as a connoisseur of American decorative arts and architecture. He also outlines the
development of du Pont's interest in landscape plantings, as expressed in the nearly 70-acre garden that surrounds the
museum. The book also features special new photography of the museum and garden.
The Winterthur Garden is the story of Henry Francis du Pont's lifelong love affair with his home as well as a biography
of one of America's great public gardens. Author Denise Magnani, director and curator of landscape at Winterthur, offers
an engagingly intimate portrait of the man and his environment, documenting the evolution of a single garden and detailing
its relationship to the interior of the house, from which it can be viewed. Magnani's text and additional essays contributed
by specialists from numerous disciplines are breathtakingly illustrated by lush new photographs of the garden taken by
landscape photographer Carol Betsch.
This handsomely illustrated book presents highlights of the Winterthur Library collection in 18 different areas related
to the material culture of early America. Subject areas include architecture, ornament, interiors, furniture, ceramics
and glass, metals, textiles and needlework, gardens, art and artists, childhood, courtesy and etiquette, pleasure and
company, cookbooks and manuals of domestic economy, the Shakers, advertising, technology, and travel.