49th Annual Delaware Show

5 Lecture Speakers About Leslie B. Grigsby Since joining the Winterthur staff in 1999, Leslie B. Grigsby has been responsible for the museum’s 22,000 ceramic and glass objects. She spent the 1980s as assistant curator of ceramics and glass at Colonial Williamsburg, and during the following decade authored several books and articles on 17th- and 18th-century English earthenware and stoneware. At Winterthur she has focused on displays in the museum rooms and Ceramics & Glass Gallery and has curated several exhibitions. MAGGIE LIDZ Entertaining at Winterthur Sunday, November 11, 2:00 pm Pusey & Jones Room Sponsored by: Explore the legendary entertaining that occurred from 1931 to 1969 at Winterthur: who came and what they ate, drank, and wore! Henry Francis du Pont was a master host, and Winterthur was made for entertaining. Philanthropist and memoirist Brooke Astor, no stranger to grand houses, wrote: “From the very first I was fascinated by the way Harry du Pont ran the household. He kept lists of guests and table settings…there was no detail that escaped his eye.” About Maggie Lidz As Winterthur Museum’s full-time historian, Maggie Lidz researches, writes, and lectures about the history of Winterthur, a du Pont family estate that dates to 1839. She has published numerous articles in magazines such as The Magazine Antiques, Antiques & Fine Art, and Southern Living and is the author of two books: Life at Winterthur: A du Pont Family Album and The du Ponts: Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine.