Room Tour at Winterthur, Part One

Bob returns to Winterthur in Delaware’s Brandywine Valley. Vila and Winterthur's Pauline Eversmann first visit the Tappahannock Room circa 1740. Highlights from the display include a chest thought to be the first deliberate acquisition in du Pont's American furniture collection. Also on display is a William & Mary-style high chest and an antique fireplace mantel painted in a green Henry du Pont described as "a perfectly swell color." The tour continues in the Flock Room, an early Baroque-influenced room featuring dramatic canvas wallcoverings, flocked to emulate costlier velvet wallpaper from France, and ornate door surrounds. Vila and Eversmann then continue on to the Fraktur room, decorated in a Pennsylvania German style that is punctuated with bright color, faux finishes, and elaborate architecture.

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