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H. F. du Pont's Chestertown House, Southampton, New York.(Brief Article)
In 1926 Henry Francis du Pont, who is widely regarded as one of the most important antiques collectors and interior decorators in American history, received eloquent praise from Thomas B. Parker, a visitor to du Pont's Chestertown House in Southampton, Long Island:
The pieces that you have assembled in your rooms are such perfect examples of their periods and are so appropriately installed that all may be studied and enjoyed. No section has been crowded and no discordant note is felt.... The idea of a museum is suppressed absolutely, and yet I know of no institution that contains such specimens of early Americana as your beautiful home holds today. [1]
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