Boston Furniture at Winterthur

Among the many treasures at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library are nearly 300 pieces of antique Boston furniture. Fifty of the finest were featured in a special exhibition that accompanied the 2013 Winterthur Furniture Forum, New Perspectives on Boston Furniture, 1630-1860. The exhibition and conference inaugurated Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture, a collaborative project uniting Winterthur and ten Massachusetts institutions. View the online exhibition Boston Furniture at Winterthur. For more information, visit winterthur.org or fourcenturies.org. Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library is the premier museum of American decorative arts, with an unparalleled collection of nearly 90,000 objects made or used in America between about 1640 and 1860. The collection is displayed in the magnificent 175-room former home of collector and horticulturalist Henry Francis du Pont, much as it was when the du Pont family lived here, as well as in permanent and changing exhibition galleries.
Winterthur is set amidst a 1,000-acre preserve of rolling meadows and woodlands. Designed by du Pont, its 60-acre naturalistic garden is among America’s best, with magnificent specimen plantings and massed displays of color. World-renowned graduate programs, art conservation laboratory, and preeminent research library make Winterthur an important center for the study of American art and culture.
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Thank you for posting this video. Amazing furniture.