Annual Delaware Antiques Show 2019

Ann Wagner is Curator of Decorative Arts at Winterthur. Henry Francis du Pont, the founder of Winterthur Museum, sought out American fine and decorative arts, manuscripts, and books for their aesthetic as well as historic merit. The items reflecting Irish heritage form just one of many such concentrations, recording the diversity of our colonial and early national history. We have presented a small group here and invite you to discover many more that can be found in the museum rooms at Winterthur (fig. 6) . Fig. 6. Silver 12-light chandelier in Winterthur’s Readbourne Parlor, probably made by Mark Fallon, Galway, Ireland, 1730–42. Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont 1956.0519 — 25 —