An American Vision: Henry Francis Du Ponts Winterhur Museum; Author: Cooper, Wendy; Hardback; Book

Author: Cooper, Wendy
Hardback; Book; 150 Colour and 30 B&w Illustrations
214 pages
Published: June 2002
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 085331859X

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 stylerococo, East meets West, Pennsylvania German, and classical style.In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, will present selected masterpieces for the permanent collection of American Decorative Arts.Published to coincide with an exhibition in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. The five sections cover: early America, high style rococo, East meets West, Pennsylvania German and classical style.