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 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Program is subject to change. Full refund will be issued for written requests faxed or postmarked no later than May 2, 2008.
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Conference Schedule | Speaker Bios Optional Activities | Registration | Lodging Information Speaker Bios Ruth Lord Holmes, the younger daughter of Henry F. du Pont, spent much of her childhood at Winterthur. In 1999, she published a memoir about her father, Henry F. du Pont and Winterthur: A Daughter's Portrait, based on her personal experience and the extraordinary family archives. At last year's Chic It Up! conference she spoke on her memories of the Montmorenci staircase. This year, Winterthur is delighted to have her return to speak about the Golf Cottage, an 18th-century farmhouse located on the Winterthur property.
Peter Pennoyer is the principal of Peter Pennoyer Architects, a Manhattan-based architecture firm whose defining contours are three-fold: institutional, commercial, and primarily residential. The strength of this firm is its practice of classical design. "It's classicism with a twist," says Pennoyer. "We never repeat any design or even any aspect of a design. Our client can count on his house being singular in its outward guise." Pennoyer is a historicist by both instinct and by training, having immersed himself in the work of past masters such as Sir John Soane, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Edwin Lutyens, Mott Schmidt, Charles A. Platt, Harrie T. Lindeberg, F. Burrall Hoffman, Jr., and William Adams Delano. In addition to numerous articles, Pennoyer has co-authored The Architecture of Warren & Wetmore (W.W. Norton, 2006) and The Architecture of Delano & Aldrich (W.W. Norton, 2003) and is currently working on a manuscript to be called The Fall of the American Dream House: From Monticello to McMansion. Franz Lidz is contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio and a film essayist for the New York Times. Drawing on his 27 years as a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, Franz will help place the Winterthur sporting complex (golf course, heated outdoor swimming pool, and tennis, squash and badminton courts) into a 1930s context. His books include Unstrung Heroes, Ghosty Men, and the just released Fairway to Hell, published by ESPN Books.
Jeni Sandberg is responsible for business-getting and coordinating Christie's twice-yearly auctions in the department of 20th Century Decorative Art & Design. Prior to joining Christie's, she was a research assistant in the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts at another major auction house in New York. Ms. Sandberg holds a bachelor's degree from New York University, a master's degree in Architectural History from the University of Virginia, and a master's degree in the History of Decorative Arts from The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. She has contributed to a number of trade publications such as The Magazine Antiques and was the recipient of a fellowship in 1996 for research at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum.
Martin Wood is a designer of textiles, interiors and gardens who also has a winning way with words. He is the author of the bestselling Nancy Lancaster and editor of The Unknown Gertrude Jekyll, also published by Frances Lincoln.
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Conference Schedule | Speaker Bios Optional Activities | Registration | Lodging Information Lodging Information Registrants are responsible for making their own arrangements for lodging, as well as transportation to and from Winterthur. The spring is a very busy time for the greater Wilmington area, so we encourage you to make your hotel reservations as early as possible.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the following hotels.
Inn at Wilmington
Marriot Courtyard Wilmington Brandywine
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Brandywine River Hotel
DoubleTree Hotel ~ Wilmington
The Harlan Log House
Hedgerow Bed & Breakfast Suites
Homewood Suites by Hilton
Hotel du Pont
The Inn at Montchanin Village
Pennsbury Inn Bed & Breakfast
Sweetwater Farm Bed & Breakfast
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Contact Us - Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Winterthur, DE 19735
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Stephen M. Salny, author of The Country Houses of David Adler and Frances Elkins: Interior Design, has
made a life-long study of David Adler and Frances Elkins, Adler's interior designer sister whose work he first fell in love with as a student at Lake Forest College, Illinois. His research on Adler led him to Elkins, a collaborator with him on over two dozen commissions. Salny has gathered an array of Adler and Elkins materials, including fabrics, sketches, and client records. He has written about both for Architectural Digest, and he lectures on both from coast to coast. His in-depth research on Elkins thence led him to the work of Michael Taylor, one of Elkins's greatest disciples and the creator of the California Look. Salny's latest book Michael Taylor: Interior Design will be published by W.W.Norton in late 2008. In his other life, he oversees a family real estate management business and sits on several cultural and literary boards. He lives in Baltimore.
Linda Eaton is the Curator of Textiles at Winterthur. Linda received her degree in Textile Conservation at the Textile Conservation Centre (Hampton Court Palace in conjunction with the Courtauld Institute of Art). She first joined Winterthur in 1991 as a Textile Conservator and part-time Associate Professor for the Art Conservation Department at the University of Delaware, and after eight years made the switch to curatorial work. Ms. Eaton has published many articles in professional journals and conference proceedings and has curated numerous exhibitions at Winterthur including "Deceit Deception & Discovery" in 1997, "This Work in Hand: Studying Philadelphia Needlework from the 18th Century," and "Needles and Haystacks: Pastoral Images in American Needlework." Her latest research interests resulted in the recent exhibition, "Quilts in a Material World," along with the accompanying book.
Maggie Lidz has a B.A. from Columbia University and an M.A. from the University of Delaware in Art History. Maggie began working at Winterthur in 2001 and is now Winterthur's Estate Historian. Work experience prior to Winterthur includes Art & Antiques Magazine, Time Inc., and Point of View Productions as an editor, researcher, and production assistant, respectively. Subsequently she worked as a researcher at the Philadelphia Historical Commission and then at L.C.A. Associates, on an interior restoration project of Philadelphia's City Hall. Maggie's work on the exhibition, "Life at Winterthur" stands out, as does her co-authorship of Life at Winterthur: A du Pont Family Album.
Gregory Landrey is Director of the Library, Collections Management, and Academic Programs at Winterthur. During his career, Greg's research has focused on the preservation of historic surface coatings, techniques of traditional cabinetmaking, and conservation management. His practical experience began at age 16 when he started working as a cabinet shop assistant for the Corner Cupboard Antiques in Strafford, PA under the tutorage of David Sloan. He continued restoring furniture at the Corner Cupboard for seven years, serving as the cabinet shop manager for his last two years there. In addition to this bench training, Landrey went to Gettysburg College, graduating with a bachelor's degree in history. He joined Winterthur in 1979 as Assistant Furniture Conservator. He served as the head of the Winterthur Furniture Conservation Laboratory from 1986 to 1995, when he became director of the Conservation Department. Landrey is an adjunct associate professor for the Winterthur / University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation (WUDPAC) and has written and lectured extensively on furniture conservation and historic furniture.
J. Thomas Savage serves as Director of Museum Affairs at Winterthur with oversight of the museum's curatorial, marketing, education, and visitor services departments. Before coming to Winterthur, Tom was Senior Vice President and Division Head for educational studies at Sotheby's Institute of Art in New York. Prior to Sotheby's he was the Curator and Director of Museums for the Historic Charleston Foundation in Charleston, South Carolina. Tom received his master's degree in History Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program and has authored numerous articles in publications such as The Charleston Interior, American Furniture (1997), Southern Furniture 1680-1830: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection, and In Pursuit of Refinement: Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860.
Jeff Groff is Director of Public Programs at Winterthur. For sixteen years he was Executive Director of Wyck, an Historic House and Garden in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. A graduate of Bates College, he holds an M.A. from the Winterthur Program in Early America of the University of Delaware. For thirty years he has studied, written, and lectured on the country places of Philadelphia's "Main Line" and surrounding areas, with an emphasis on country life and colonial revival design.
Eric Cohler creates interior designs that infuse traditional forms with the unexpected. Considered one of the country's leading designers, industry magazine editors have dubbed Cohler the "Mixmaster" for his use of contemporary materials, which, juxtaposed with classical elements, give his interiors a jolt of unusual color and texture, as well as great comfort. Since establishing his firm in 1991, House Beautiful has described him as one of the 14 "best of the best" in the "next wave of designers in America," and he is included annually in their "Top 100" issue. His aesthetic is sought after for the country's top showhouses, including the Kips Bay and Hampton Designer Showhouses. Cohler's work often appears in leading domestic and international periodicals, books, and design television shows. Interior design manufacturers have taken notice of Cohler's distinctive design aesthetic, with Visual Comfort carrying his lighting designs, and Lee Jofa premiering a Cohler fabric collection in September 2006. Eric Cohler holds a Masters Degree in Historic Preservation from the Columbia University School of Architecture and a certificate in design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.