"A Winterthur Primer" and Antiques & Fine Art Magazine
Since 2005 a special arrangement has existed between Winterthur and the magazine Antiques & Fine Art. For each issue of the magazine, a Winterthur staff member provides an article for the series entitled "A Winterthur Primer." Links to many of these articles may be viewed below.
2013
"Common Destinations: Maps in the American Experience"
"Arriving in Style: Winterthur's 1927 Rolls-Royce Phantom I"
2012
"Scratching the Surface of American Painted Tinware"
"Mirth & Friendship: A Celebration of Humor and Alcoholic Beverages"
"The Furniture Designs of Gillow and Company"
"Engraving the Character of Artisans"
"American Blues: Celebrating a Nation"
2011
"Pastors and Patriots, the Muhlenberg Family of Pennsylvania"
"Getting a Handle on Silver Spoon Decoration"
"Blooming Beauties - A Garden of Antiques"
"Blue and White Resist-Printed Textiles"
"Shaker Jesse Patchen's Account Book"
"Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1725–1850"
"A Metamophosis: The Changing Nature of Fraktur Studies"
2010
"Revealed: A Lost Illustration by N. C. Wyeth"
“X-Radiography Examination of an Embroidered Coat of Arms”
“English Regency Wrought Iron Furniture”
2009
“The John and Carolyn Grossman Collection”
“Taste or Technology? Changing Silver Borders”
“American Portraits in Pastel”
“Mocha and Dipped Wares: Combining Fashion and Fancy” by Leslie B. Grigsby (Winter/Spring 2009): 286–87.
2008
“Decoration for the Everyday: Iron Cooking Utensils of the Early American Kitchen”
2007
“Invisible to the Eye: The Scientific Analysis of Decorative and Fine Art”
“A Look at Fabrics on Early American Quilts”
“The Winterthur Library: An Invaluable Resource”
“A Timely Discovery: The Story of Winterthur’s Jacob Graff Clock”
2006
“Acquiring and Researching Portraits”
“Underglaze Blue English Transfer-Printed Earthenware” by Patricia Halfpenny. (August/September 2006): 190–91.
“Alight with Style: Candlesticks of the 17th and 18th Centuries”
2005
“English Creamware: A Colonial American Passion” by Leslie B. Grigsby. (Autumn 2005): 218–19.
“What is Original?” by Wendy A. Cooper. (6th Anniversary 2005): 272–73.
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