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An American vision : Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum / Wendy A. Cooper ; with the assistance of Tara L. Gleason and Katharine A. John.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooper, Wendy A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
- Decorative arts--United States--Exhibitions.
- Decorative arts.
- United States.
- Decorative arts--Delaware--Winterthur--Exhibitions.
- Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum--Exhibitions.
- Delaware--Winterthur.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 214 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art ; Delaware : Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library in association with Lund Humphries, 2002.
- Summary:
- In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum, the National Gallery of Art presents selected masterpieces from this permanent collection of American decorative arts, on tour for the first time.
- Approximately 300 examples of decorative arts made or used in America between 1640 and 1840 -- including furniture, textiles, paintings, ceramics, glass, and metalwork -- offers a stunning array of the vast riches of this remarkable museum. This catalog, like the exhibition it accompanies, is divided into five sections: early America, high style rococo, East meets West, Pennsylvania German, and classical style.
- Notes:
- Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Winterthur Museum and the National Gallery of Art and on display at the Gallery in Washington, D.C., May 5-Oct. 6, 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-196) and index.
- ISBN:
- 085331859X
- 0894682946
- OCLC:
- 49225603
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