57th Delaware Antiques Show Goes Virtual

Acclaimed Show Expands Access, More Shopping Days Online, And Special Programs From Nov. 7 To 14

October 23, 2020

For almost 60 years, the Delaware Antiques Show has been one of the most acclaimed antiques shows in the country. This year it goes online at www.incollect.com/DEshow with a week of safe, virtual shopping and related activities on demand from Nov. 7 to 14, sponsored by Wilmington Trust and M&T.
For the eight days of the Delaware Antiques Show, collectors and enthusiasts have free access to the storefronts of nearly 50 dealers on the InCollect online shopping platform. A special page allows collectors to view the inventory from every dealer in the show, then filter by category, style, dealer name, or price range. Offerings include art, antiques, and design items from the best of American antiques and decorative arts. Browsers can follow a favorite dealer, save a preferred object, create a board of favorites, share an object on social media platforms, and more. Shoppers purchase directly from the dealer. An exclusive Early Shopping Day on Friday, Nov. 6, gives first access to the Delaware Antiques Show inventory on InCollect.
In addition to the great shopping, a full schedule of virtual lectures by the expert curators from Winterthur is available on demand for the duration of the show. The lectures include keynote speakers Katie Ridder, interior designer, and architect Peter Pennoyer.
Access is free from Saturday, Nov. 7, to Saturday, Nov. 14. The special early shopping day, Friday, Nov. 6, is $100.
The show is available at www.Incollect.com/DEshow, sponsored by M&T Bank. Virtual lectures on demand, keynote lecture and curators lecture package, are $30 ($20 for Winterthur members).
In addition to the keynote, “Pillow Talk: A Designer Wife and Architect Husband Open Up About Design, Architecture, and Style” will be offered.
Winterthur Curator 20-minute mini connoisseur lectures will include Tom Savage, director of External Affairs, “Southern Surprises: Treasures From Charleston in the Winterthur Collection”; Jeff Groff, estate historian, “The Cottage, H. F. du Pont’s Last Residence at Winterthur”; Deborah Harper, senior curator of Education, “H.F. du Pont Collects Massachusetts Furniture”; Dr. Melissa Tedone, laboratory head for Book & Library Materials Conservation, “Toxic Tomes: A Hidden Peril in the Victorian Home”; Emily Guthrie, library director and NEH librarian for the Printed Book Collection, “Ornery Ornament: Beasts, Bugs, and Humanoids in the Early Modern Ornament Collections of the Winterthur Library”; Linda Eaton, John L. & Marjorie P. McGraw Director of Collections and Senior Curator of Textiles, “Tales on Textiles”; Leslie B. Grigsby, Senior Curator of Ceramics and Glass, “‘Your Beverage of Choice’: Wine-Related Equipage at Winterthur”; Dr. Stéphanie Delamaire, associate curator, Fine Arts, “Who owns Washington? Gilbert Stuart and the Battle for Artistic Property in the Early Republic”; Ann K. Wagner, curator of Decorative Arts, “Recent Acquisitions: Collecting New Stories and Memories in Metal”; and Josh Lane, curator of Furniture, “Furniture Fakes: Two Winterthur Case Studies.”
Free Winterthur Lectures
Winterthur Program in American Material Culture Presents Young Scholars Lecture.
These lectures highlight the research of Lois F. McNeil Fellows from the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, a joint program with the University of Delaware. Distinguished graduates hold positions in museums, universities, antiques and auction houses, libraries, historical societies, and libraries around the world. Sponsored by the Decorative Arts Trust.
Cara Caputo, Lois F. McNeil Fellow, will present “Esprit de Washington: The Story of a Patriotic French Flask,” and Christopher Malone, Lois F. McNeil Fellow, will present “Anonymous by Trade, Identified by Sight: Exploring a Shop Sign at Winterthur.”
About the Delaware Antiques Show
The Delaware Antiques Show, sponsored by M&T Bank, is a benefit for educational programs at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. For additional information and updates on the exciting lineup of this year’s show, email das@winterthur.org or visit www.winterthur.org/das.

 

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