Mantel Party Every Friday

Mantel Party Every Friday

Recently we visited Winterthur, the country Estate of Henry Francis du Pont, in the heart of the Brandywine Valley, in Delaware.Our tour was on the fifth floor of this huge estate. We saw many mantles and I hope you enjoy them! More pictures tomorrow of the estate!

Jennifer aka Gigi

Mantle from Winterthur Mansion, Delaware. Sure would like a portrait of George Washington for my mantle.

Sideboard - Six silver tankards made by Boston silversmith Paul Revere in 1772

Beautiful blue tile fireplace from Holland, crystal candle sticks, and another Washington portrait.

The French influence. Beautiful French clock.

Another French inspired mantel.

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Henry Francis Dupont lived from 1880 - 1969 . The museum is closed the month of Feb.
http://www.winterthur.org/

"My purpose in leaving Winterthur as a Museum to the public is to afford

all those interested an opportunity to view and to study the conditions

surrounding the early American home life."-- Letters and Notes to

Executors and Winterthur Directors

"It seemed to me that early American arts and crafts had not been given

the recognition they deserved.... I hoped, therefore, that, by preserving

under one roof examples of architecture, furniture, and widely divergent

early American materials of all kinds, interest in this field would be

stimulated and that the magnificent contribution of our past would be

helped to come into its own."