Carolyne Roehm, photo by Miki Duisterhof/mikiduisterhof.com

49th Annual Delaware Antiques Show

November 9–11, 2012

Chase Center on the Riverfront, Wilmington, Delaware

Sixty of the country’s most distinguished dealers present the finest offerings of American antiques and decorative arts, including furniture, paintings, rugs, ceramics, silver, jewelry, and more. 

Honorary Show Chair and Keynote Speaker

Carolyne Roehm, one of America's most important tastemakers, known for her extraordinary contributions to interior design, fashion, and entertaining, will be the keynote speaker this year.

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Opening Night Party

Thursday, November 8

Celebrate the opening of the show with cocktails and exclusive early shopping. Call for information.

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Special Loan Exhibition

Color Counts

Henry Francis du Pont’s colorful dinner tables were designed like stage sets. He meticulously arranged greenhouse and field-grown flowers, amethyst, ruby, cobalt, and green glassware, custom-dyed table linens, and his 54 sets of china. The table designs he liked the most were carefully recorded into notebooks from the beginning of the 20th century until his death in 1969. This exhibition underscores H. F. du Pont’s extraordinary sensitivity to color whether it was in the garden, the collection, his interior designs, or in his entertaining. As he reminded an interviewer in 1962, “I think color is the thing that really counts more than any other.”

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New to Collecting?

The Delaware Antiques Show provides a wonderful learning environment for those who are new to collecting as well as for antiques experts. Dealers will highlight special objects of interest in their booths and are always open to answering questions and providing information on American antiques and decorative arts. In addition, we offer Some Tips for New Collectors, prepared by Delaware Antiques Show committee member, Forbes Maner, to help you get the most out of your visit to the show.

Questions?

For more information on the show, e-mail das@winterthur.org.

The Delaware Antiques Show benefits educational programming at Winterthur.

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