Set for Chase Center on the Riverfront, November 15-17
WINTERTHUR, DE (October 3, 2024)— More than 60 of the country’s most distinguished dealers in American antiques, furniture, paintings, rugs, porcelain, silver, jewelry, and other decorative arts will showcase their wares at the Delaware Antiques Show. The event takes place from November 15 to November 17 at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington, with the Opening Night Party on November 14. The Delaware Antiques Show is presented by Wilmington Trust, a Member of the M&T Family, and proceeds benefit educational programming at Winterthur.
Keynote Lecture
Saturday, November 16, 10:00 am
Included with admission
Barbara Frelinghuysen Israel will present the keynote lecture, Uprooted Elegance: The Surprising Journey of American Garden Ornament. She founded Barbara Israel Garden Antiques in 1985. Nearly 40 years and hundreds of exquisite objects later, she is recognized as an authority on the subject and her book Antique Garden Ornament: Two Centuries of American Taste is the definitive work in the field. She has served as a consultant to The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution for their collections of 19th-century cast iron. Barbara Israel Garden Antiques has been featured in The New York Times, House & Garden, Martha Stewart Living, and Flower magazine, among others. Israel is also one of the dealers at the show.
Young Scholars Lectures
Saturday, November 16, 2:00 pm
Included with admission
Each year the Delaware Antiques Show highlights the research of current and/or recent Lois F. McNeil Fellows from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, established in 1952 by Winterthur and the University of Delaware to promote the interdisciplinary study of American decorative arts and material culture. The program’s alumni hold distinguished positions internationally in museums, antiques and auction houses, preservation organizations, historical societies, colleges and universities, and libraries.
Steven Baltsas will presentOf the Earth: Neoclassicism and Natural History in a Philadelphia Center Table, Lanah Swindle will present “To Imitate China”: A Close Reading of a Pair of Eighteenth-Century Hand Screens, and Graham Tituswill speak aboutPerformance and Pleasure at the Early Modern Table. The lectures are sponsored by The Decorative Arts Trust.
Lectures
Sunday, November 17, 2:00 pm
Included with admission
Trevor Brandt will present The Decoupage Fraktur of Friedrich Krebs. Brandt is a Ph.D. candidate in art history at the University of Chicago and managing editor of Americana Insights.
Christopher Malone will speak about A Landscape of Peace, Prosperity, and Despair: Charles C. Hofmann’s Paintings Along the Schuylkill River. Malone is curator, Historic Trappe and Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia. A book signing will follow the lectures.
Proceeds from the Delaware Antiques Show help support key educational initiatives such as free school programs, low-priced tickets for families in need through the Museums for All program, and Discover Winterthur, our free day for the community. Through support of these important programs, we are able to share the wonder of Winterthur with thousands of schoolchildren, and our surrounding community is able to enjoy the beauty of American decorative arts and the Brandywine Valley.
The 61st Annual Delaware Antiques Show
Opening Night Party—Thursday, November 14, 5:00–9:00 pm
Celebrate the opening of the show with cocktails and exclusive early shopping.
Show Hours
Friday, November 15,11:00 am–6:00 pm
Saturday, November 16,11:00 am–6:00 pm
Sunday, November 17,11:00 am–5:00 pm
General Admission
$25; $20 for Winterthur Members. Free for children under age 12. Tickets valid for all three days of the show and for admission to Winterthur on show days.
The Chase Center on the Riverfront is located at 815 Justison Street, Wilmington, Delaware, less than one hour south of Philadelphia, midway between New York City and Washington, D.C.
For additional information and updates about this year’s Delaware Antiques Show, please email das@winterthur.org, visit winterthur.org/DAS, or call 800.448.3883.
The Delaware Antiques Show is presented by Wilmington Trust, a Member of the M&T Family.
ABOUT WINTERTHUR MUSEUM, GARDEN & LIBRARY
Winterthur—known worldwide for its preeminent collection of American decorative arts, naturalistic garden, and research library for the study of American art and material culture— offers a variety of tours, exhibitions, programs, and activities throughout the year.
Winterthur, located on Route 52, six miles northwest of Wilmington, Delaware, and five miles south of U.S. Route 1, is closed on Mondays (except during Yuletide), on Thanksgiving and on Christmas Day. Museum hours are 10:00 am–5:00 pm, Tuesday–Sunday. $25, adults; $23, students and seniors; $8, ages 3–12. Winterthur is committed to accessible programming for all. For information, call 800.448.3883 or visit winterthur.org.