Books about Winterthur and the Winterthur Collections
Contents
du Pont Family and the Winterthur Estate
N5220 D93 Henry F. du Pont and Winterthur: a Daughter’s Portrait.
RR NK460 W78 1997* Cantor, Jay. Winterthur.: Includes many color photos of the interior of the house
RR NK460 W78ev Guide to Winterthur Museum & Country Estate.
RR NK2003 W78mo A guide to and outline of the Winterthur Museum collections of arts of the American home: including American-made and imported objects, and a survey of American arts, with a list of books and articles for the study of the arts in early America ... : A great resource for learning more about named rooms in the museum.
Books & Paper
RR NE625 H52* Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880: a Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection: A comprehensive guide to the prints in the museum collection. Includes accession numbers which can be cross-referenced with EMu (Museum collections database).
Z733 W78 American Cornucopia: Treasures of the Winterthur Library and
RR Z733 W78w Winterthur Library Revealed: Five Centuries of Design and Inspiration: Two catalogs of Winterthur Library collection highlights
Metals
RR NK8112 F33 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection RR NK8212 F33 Iron at Winterthur
Paintings
RR ND207 H52. American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. By Edgar P. Richardson.
Textiles
TT835 E14 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
RR TS1767 M78 2007 Textiles in America, 1650-1870 : a Dictionary Based on Original Documents, Prints and Paintings, Commercial Records, American Merchant's Papers, Shopkeepers' Advertisements, and Pattern Books with Original Swatches of Cloth. Revised edition of a 1984 book by former Winterthur textiles curator Florence Montgomery. A great reference source for all things textilian + early American.
RR NK8809 M78 Printed Textiles: English and American Cottons and Linens, 1700-1850.
Ceramics & Glass
NK4565.5 F95 Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo & Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. 2005 exhibit catalog from former Winterthur curator of Chinese export porcelain.
The Family and the House
General
NK460 W78 Eye for Excellence: Masterworks from Winterthur. Covers highlights from metalwork, glass, ceramics, furniture, textiles & embroidery, paintings & prints, and books & manuscripts collections.
