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Truths of the Trade: Collecting, Researching, and Exhibiting an 18th-Century Atlantic World Cabinet
A mere shadow, faintly visible in raking light, is all that remains…

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Silhouette Sleuthing: The Mystery of the Weston Profile Artist
What started as simple research into a silhouette in the Winterthur collection…

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Looks Good Enough to Eat!
As well as studying early cookbooks, prints, and paintings, those of us…

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Silhouette Sleuthing: Solving the Mystery of the Weston Profile Artist (Part 2)
In the first Silhouette Sleuthing blog post, I detailed how I discovered…

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The Long Journey of the Charleston Dining Room
Although not currently on a tour, the Charleston Dining Room on Winterthur’s…

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Commemorating Coronations
For the first time in more than 70 years, a new monarch…

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Corvettes and the Cold War
During World War II, American GIs could be found all over Europe…

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H. F. du Pont's Chestertown House
It’s 1919, and you have a one-year-old daughter. Delaware summers can be…

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Best in Class: 1927 Rolls-Royce Phantom I
With the holidays fast approaching, ’tis the season of Christmas traditions at…

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The Ephemera of Love
Valentine’s Day —a day celebrating love, a thriving industry with billions of…

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