^ is^\m \ American Cornucopia Treasures from the Winterthur Library ».% THE HE^RT FRAJ^CIS du POJ^ fVIXTERTHVR MUSEUM LIBRARIES American Cornucopia Distributed by The University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville American Cornucopia Treasures of the Winterthur Library EDITED BY Katharine Martinez Winterthur, Delaware The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum 1990 This project was supported by funds from the Friends of Winterthur. © 1990 by The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. First pubhshed 1990. Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Pub ligation Data Winterthur Library. American cornucopia : treasures of the Winterthur Library / edited by Katharine Martinez. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-912724-20-X I. Winterthur Library, z. Decorative arts— Library resources — Delaware— Wilmington. 3. Rare books— Library resources— Delaware— Wilmington. 4. United States — Civilization— Library resources— Delaware— Wilmington. I. Martinez, Katharine, 1950- . II. Title. Z733.W785W55 1990 026.973— dcio 90-4115 CIP Cover: Printed challis from Swatch Book 65 x 697, France, ca. i8?os-50s. To Henry Francis du Pont Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/americancornucopOOkath 1 1 1 1 1 Contents Color Plates 9 Foreword 25 Architecture zy Ornament 3 Interiors 37 Furniture 4 Ceramics and Glass 47 Metals 5 Textiles and Needlework 57 Gardens 6 Art and Artists 65 Childhood 71 Courtesy and Etiquette 75 Pleasure and Ceremony 79 Cookbooks and Manuals of Domestic Economy 83 The Shakers 87 Advertising 9 Technology 9 5 Travel 99 Holdings Cited 105 Notes on Contributors 117 t I I Illl li I ' Xf!'l!llll!ll!l .:>> tieff, ^r . i/i*. .Jnn</f/i/ < n ,^/(l/.n ,t,'^ //"'. /fufff(>]t/^ to/no /^ ^ , jrc ) 'a r,i ^ 1^ /'_^ /'ft r/oli / > iVa rcAousr Soiah'A^ jYrr^/. Mr^u-p. /-v .Vif/i' Jury^: JuU -'^'11$^. Plate i. Nicholas King, A ?lan, and Perspective-View of a House and Other Buildings, Belonging to Mr. Edwd. Langley . 1798. Watercolor; H. iS'/s", w. ii^W. H Although the building illustrated here no longer stands, at least one other federal dwelling attributed to Nicholas King is extant in Georgetown, D.C. Plate z. Feathers, flower, and leaves. Watercolor; H. 9V2", w. 15". From Christian M. Nestell, drawing book. New York, 1 8 1 i/i 2, p. 76. ^ 00 i?5 ^ .2 .. c q ^ o -a fc .> ^6J^ Cu 00 ; . ^ -n. £ ^ 1* 00 'U ?l :c — 11. •^^o > u ^ o S2 -^ M S '^ L, t: t;? sj i B . OS T3 ^7. k> >- lA. —1 B c c .- c V, 3 t C C 5 t; c E'^ -S S ./, b „ -M "5 S E ^ c t-f: o s t/i t/5 -1 S -' J1 c i E rt n -';^ a. E c < 2 1> C := n s^ o ^ o 3 .— •-' F C ^ 00 o > in ON _3 X -a (1) -C c D.-n « IS n H ^ p o •^ L> [Nj C D. OX) c TD o Oj ON s -a ^^ 3 Xl u iv-v :3 D, >. >. 00 c c N n n, f t qj ^o . 1 X 1^ -s f, OJ _c 1> s D H CTl -Ji r 2 .0 < R f^ t/5 So c r. 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Page: h. 14V2", w. 1 This array of decorated teacups and saucers appears in a glass and ceramic wholesalers' catalogue that offers many types of wares. At least three different wholesalers' names appear in the catalogue, including the unidentified "A.M." of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. » a. -r) r" ^ ' — rt r> -C j= -: 5 iTi ij .ti > T3 V o _*!^ - 3j ^ O 00 -^ -a o o 60 o 4> tj Si 2 o £ -^ « u 3 s ^ifl 2*-• -a S i! « ^ to jj ° v a V " ^ £? 'c >" ^ ri S Ji 3 o ^ Q -a c o. o 3-^ 5 5 A O U ^ BJD ^ X) .S 2 nl > *« = 5 O n 2 a « "^ U £ "o rt *^ E o = c a £ 7 « c ^ n 0) :3 r; . o hCi & -o o , 3^ ut« o c o X S« UJ t^ 1- < 1.) CO .msiS i0.5 Plate 8. Leaf from a handloom weaver's draft design book, probably France, nineteenth century. Page: h. i8'/>", w. 1 1 Vi". 11 In a happy blend of technology and art, this manuscript combines instructions for weaving floral textiles with full-scale color swatches of fabrics as they were to appear when woven. Plate 9. Pavilion bathhouse, upper terrace, Formal Garden, 191 5. Autochrome; h. 5", w. 7". H Perfeaed by Lumiere Brothers of Lyon, France, in 1 907, the autochrome process is generally recognized to be the first form of color photography. G u5. -a ^ c a o 0\ •- I -s QO -O " -o E S ^ i> ^^ "O ^° ^ S — "c c .2 O u ^ u -a Si « " -c E c t > c -^ CI 0^ ^03 _C »-; O s- s ±- CI. b iJ !U J/, 1-. oj 3 rt '^ rt C O .^ rt BO js t; - -Q /, Ji O r^ •a -Q - O (-» [/. o »- - IS 3 >» ^ 5 60 2 5 ^ -o "« -^ « < S " cu -a -S FW«!*r M -^3- LAKE FJLIES. =^ V -»''*»«iSVMi», H \ Made by C F. ORVIS, Manchester.Vt COPYRIG H T£ D Plate i i. "Lake Flies." From Mary Orvis Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1896), pi. H. Page: H. gyie", w. 6V4". H The color plates in this volume, by a member of a well-known family of sporting-goods manufacturers, are dazzling reminders of the golden age of dry fly-fishing. -o t; -^ k^ « o S S .2 sJD 0^. rt "rt c g=' £ _>> o ura ^ o a, O^. c £• -a f "^ 3 _o 03 o _c OB 3 1 ^ d > CO c c 3 'rt -d s c ;^ -rf -a ^ 3=< p: o -t^E Z,«-. _c O £^ "c <ii s -« 3 OD 'j E J2 ^ E o > ^ 'J ^ u _:»: -!£ 5, 3 _c m u '^ c-o o "oj V ^ >^ 3 iX" -T3 u C di Tl UJ ffl -C H < Plate 13. Case with personal utensils. From [Catalogue of Watercolor Drawings Depicting French Wares], 11". vol. 4 (France, [ca. 18 10]), p. [67]. Page: h. 16", w. II This striking multivolume catalogue of watercolor drawings shows personal goods, chiefly life size, available to residents of France during the first decade of the nineteenth century'. Probably used by an itinerant peddler, this catalogue is a remarkable document not only because of the items it includes but also because of its extraordinary artwork. Even though the produas depicted are French, similar goods were shipped abroad and used in the United States. Plate 14. "De Schoenmaker." From Geheel Nieuiv G root en Vermakelizk Prentenboek voor Kmderen (Zalt-Bommel, Netherlands: Johannes Neman, 1826), facing p. [14]. Page: H. g'A", w. S'A". ^ Although few have such superb illustra- tions, works such as Geheel Nieuw Groat en Vermakelizk were intended to acquaint children with the trades. Note the realistic details of this engraving, such as the wooden shoes in the rack on the wall. ) c 00 60 C a] c 15 o > C a & qj o ir\ n: n rt o 3 a n U CO ^ tu n j: c r: 0^ o rt f; o t: ^ U >• n P l-O -c > c z3 & o 00 o ra Ci/3 & "5 ^ n. c a. > o c f5 r o o 15 qj 00 C r 8 -o c -ri 00 2 o 4J c .2 -o > -a 3 n, •T3 1 f rt U5 -^ "1 QJ tf >^ U) rt _C CO 1:^ fTl tj 5 o E _c OJ o _C 'J ^ e^ o "o n u 5 H c '^. <ij -n C J^ « <u <U rn ^ -a c Si § 5 •> -2 a. u a, c .s o o u H o o J= < r -C o is o o 00 T3 H n 5: o ~H o 3 2 r=: s; o OJ nj ^ P3 5? 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