A Winterthur Tradition
One of the nation’s most highly acclaimed antiques shows presents a spectacular showcase of art, antiques, and design! Featuring the finest offerings from more than sixty distinguished dealers, the Delaware Antiques Show highlights the best of American antiques and decorative arts. Join us for a full schedule of exciting show features sure to captivate the sophisticated and new collector alike.
Opening Night Party
Please join Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library and Wilmington Trust for the opening of the show with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and exclusive early shopping!
- Sponsor: $250 per person, includes admission at 5:00 pm
- Patron: $175 per person, 6:00 pm entry
- Young Collector: $125 per person, 6:00 pm entry
Opening Night Party ticket valid for admission to all days of the show and to Winterthur during the show dates. All lectures are included with show admission.
Thursday, November 14 | 5:00–9:00 pm Purchase tickets.
General Admission
$25 per person; $20 Winterthur Members. Children under 12 free.
Ticket valid for admission to all days of the show and to Winterthur during the show dates. All lectures are included with show admission.
- Friday, November 15 | 11:00 am–6:00 pm Purchase tickets.
- Saturday, November 16 | 11:00 am–6:00 pm Purchase tickets.
- Sunday, November 17 | 11:00 am–5:00 pm Purchase tickets.
Location & Parking
The Chase Center on the Riverfront is located at 815 Justison Street, Wilmington, Delaware, less than one hour south of Philadelphia, and midway between New York City and Washington, D.C.
Ample free parking. Accessible parking for persons with disabilities.
Keynote Lecture | Saturday, November 16, 10:00 am
Uprooted Elegance: The Surprising Journey of American Garden Ornament
by Barbara Frelinghuysen Israel
After nearly forty years as an antique garden ornament dealer, Barbara Israel has gathered plenty of stories. This lecture delves into the many gardens, experiences, and intriguing personalities she has encountered over the years, ranging from the sublime to the nefarious (and everything in between).
Barbara Frelinghuysen Israel founded Barbara Israel Garden Antiques in 1985. Nearly forty years and hundreds of exquisite objects later, she is recognized as an authority on the subject, and her book Antique Garden Ornament: Two Centuries of American Taste is the definitive work in the field. Barbara has served as a consultant to The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution for their collections of nineteenth-century cast iron. Barbara Israel Garden Antiques has been featured in The New York Times, House & Garden, Martha Stewart Living, and Flower magazine, among others. Book signing to follow lecture. Headshot by Bryan Goldberg Photography.
Student Scholars Lectures | Saturday, November 16, 2:00 pm
Student Scholars lectures sponsored by the Decorative Arts Trust.
Of the Earth: Neoclassicism and Natural History in a Philadelphia Center Table
by Steven Baltsas, Lois F. McNeil Fellow
In creating the ideal center table, Baltsas shows how a cabinetmaker in antebellum Philadelphia harnessed the city’s insatiable attraction to ancient and natural history. Inlaid with floriated brass patterns against flame-like mahogany crotch veneer, this peerless classical table testifies to intellectual culture’s impact on furniture design in the early nineteenth-century Atlantic world.
“To Imitate China”: A Close Reading of a Pair of Eighteenth-Century Hand-Screens
by Lanah Swindle, Lois F. McNeil Fellow
Swindle grapples with anti-Chinese sentiment in imagery preserved on a pair of eighteenth-century hand-screens. The survival of these objects, made between 1759 and 1770 for fashionable circles in London and Paris, presents an opportunity to reflect on the dissemination of racial stereotypes of Chinese people through decorative art forms made by and for Euro-Atlantic audiences in the eighteenth century.
Performance and Pleasure at the Early Modern Table
by Graham Titus, Lois F. McNeil Fellow
By 1650, a nascent English glass industry supplied elite diners with the tableware necessary for increasingly luxurious and performative feasts. Through the discussion of a seventeenth-century glass salver in Winterthur’s collection, Titus explores changing dining practices and foodways at a defining moment for the modern meal.
New to Collecting?
The Delaware Antiques Show welcomes all, from the newest collector to the most knowledgeable connoisseur.
Delaware Antiques Show Exhibitors
| Arader Galleries | Jeffrey Tillou Antiques |
| Aronson of Amsterdam | Johanna Antiques |
| Avery Galleries | Jonathan Trace |
| Barbara Israel Garden Antiques | Kelly Kinzle |
| A Bird in Hand Antiques | Levy Galleries |
| Blandon Cherry Antiques | Lillian Nassau, LLC |
| Charles Clark | Marcy Burns American Indian Arts, LLC |
| Charles Plante Fine Arts | Martyn Edgell Antiques, Ltd. |
| Christopher H. Jones American Antiques | Nathan Liverant and Son, LLC |
| Dan and Karen Olson Antiques | The Norwoods’ Spirit of America |
| David Brooker Fine Art | Olde Hope |
| David Schorsch-Eileen Smiles | Oliver Garland |
| Diana H. Bittel Antiques | The Parker Gallery |
| Dixon-Hall Fine Art | Peter H. Eaton Antiques |
| D. M. Delaurentis Fine Antique Prints | Ralph M. Chait Galleries, Inc. |
| Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge, Inc. | R. M. Worth Antiques |
| Elle Shushan | Schillay Fine Art, Inc. |
| Elliott and Grace Snyder Antiques | Schoonover Studios, Ltd. |
| Francis J. Purcell, Inc. | Schwarz Gallery |
| Greg K. Kramer & Co. | Scott Bassoff, Sandy Jacobs Antiques |
| G. Sergeant Antiques | Shaia Oriental Rugs of Willamsburg |
| The Hanebergs Antiques | Silver Art by D & R |
| Hilary and Paulette Nolan | S. J. Shrubsole Antique Silver and Jewelry |
| H. L. Chalfant American Fine Art and Antiques | Somerville Manning Gallery |
| Ita J. Howe | Spencer Marks, Ltd. |
| James L. Price Antiques | Steven F. Still Antiques |
| James M. Kilvington, Inc. | Sumpter Priddy III, Inc. |
| James Robinson, Inc. | Thistlewaite Americana |
| Janice Paull | Walker Decorative Arts |
| Jayne Thompson Antiques | William R. Teresa F. Kurau |
| Jeff R. Bridgman American Antiques |
Thank You for Your Support!
Proceeds from this year’s Delaware Antiques Show help support key educational initiatives such as free school programs, low-priced tickets for families in need through the Museums for All program, and Discover Winterthur, our free day for the community. Through your support of these important programs, we are able to share the wonder of Winterthur with thousands of schoolchildren, and our surrounding community is able to enjoy the beauty of American decorative arts and the Brandywine Valley.
Presenting Sponsor
Media Partners
The Delaware Antiques Show is sponsored in part by these media partners:
Student Scholars Sponsor:
Student Scholars lectures sponsored by:
