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A case study: The Cecil and Lancaster Rooms at Winterthur. (Winterthur).(Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum)
The period rooms at Winterthur offer visitors two perspectives on the past. In their decoration, many reflect the taste of henry Francis du Pont (see p. 154, Pl. I) when the house served as his home from 1931 to 1951. Others, however, illustrate his decision during the 1940s to transform his country seat into a museum. In every case, du Pont sought to preserve what he described as "the evidences of early life in America." (1) Yet evidence of his own had are conspicuous throughout the rooms as well.
Of all the room at Winterthur, none better epitomize this combination of motivations than the complex used by du Pont as his bedroom and sitting room (Pls. I and II). ...
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