55th Annual Delaware Show

audience of Wellford’s work. 7 That same centerpiece reappears on mantels in Winterthur’s Lake Erie Hall (fig. 5) and McIntire Room (fig. 6), but with alterations. 8 The mantel in Lake Erie Hall does not have central rosettes in the side friezes, and eagle-and-shield motifs replace the foliage in the pilasters. The McIntire Roommantel contains changes in similar areas: baskets are centered in the side panels, and vertical wheat is seen on the pilasters. Although the central allegorical friezes in Wellford’s work relate to concepts of American nationalism and identity, the decorative elements Fig. 3a. Detail of crest. Side chair, Samuel McIntire, Salem, Massachusetts, 1798. Mahogany, ebony, ash, birch, white pine. Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont 1957.799 Fig. 3b. Detail of a ribbon illustration from the Wyon trade catalogue, no. 668. Fig. 4. Mantelpiece in the Winterthur Cottage, Robert Wellford, Philadelphia, ca. 1820. Wood, composition ornament, paint. Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont 1969.4067 — 110 —