Nearly 60 years ago Henry Francis du Pont opened Winterthur ... Media Platforms Design Team At first, H. F. du Pont himself purchased only General Motors vehicles (the du Pont family owned ...

Four stories illuminate the drive, passions and down-to-earth qualities of Ruth du Pont Lord, who died Monday at the age of 92, the last of the Henry F. du Pont family that once called Winterthur ...

But under the vision of Henry Francis du Pont, it transformed into a sprawling ... story of the nation through furniture, textiles, and design. In an era when most wealthy collectors prized ...

1815-25) was adapted from an ancient Greek design. The Berks County, Pa., chest at right (1765-1810) is made of white pine.Henry Francis du Pont and a few of the 85,000 items he collected ...

Winterthur, the former estate of Henry Francis du Pont in Delaware ... the portico of a Greek temple or public building—a common design in garden architecture. The formality of the structure ...

More than 300 exquisite examples of American decorative arts have been arrayed in five West Building galleries for “An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont’s Winterthur Museum.” ...

Long before Henry Francis du Pont’s Wilmington ... curreycodealers.com Hannah Martin is the senior design editor at Architectural Digest, where she has worked since 2014. She contributes ...

Henry Francis du Pont founded Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library and is responsible for the unparalleled collection of American decorative arts housed there. Du Pont wanted to show that American ...

Answer Man used to think that the famed du Pont family so loved the 1884 statue of Samuel Francis Du Pont in the ... Daniel Chester French and architect Henry Bacon, who were responsible for ...

When President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, set about restoring the White House, they relied on renowned style gurus Stephane Boudin, Henry Francis du Pont, and Sister Parish.