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Room Tour at Winterthur, Part One Video

Bob returns to Winterthur in Delaware's Brandywine Valley. Vila and Winterthur's Pauline Eversmann first visit the Tappahannock Room circa 1740. Highlights from the display include a chest thought to be the first deliberate acquisition in du Pont's American furniture collection. Also on display is a William & Mary-style high chest and an antique fireplace mantel painted in a green Henry du Pont described as "a perfectly swell color." The tour continues in the Flock Room, an early Baroque-influenced room featuring dramatic canvas wallcoverings, flocked to emulate costlier velvet wallpaper from France, and ornate door surrounds. Vila and Eversmann then continue on to the Fraktur room, decorated in a Pennsylvania German style that is punctuated with bright color, faux finishes, and elaborate architecture.

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	Wall Stenciling Decorator Leslie Curtis joins Bob in the project house's parlor to discuss the room's wall treatments. In lieu of wallpaper, stencils are used to add a decorative touch to the ... Watch video and view full description
	NOW PLAYING Room Tour at Winterthur, Part One Bob returns to Winterthur in Delaware's Brandywine Valley. Vila and Winterthur's Pauline Eversmann first visit the Tappahannock Room circa 1740. Highlights from the display include a chest thought to be ...
	Room Tour at Winterthur, Part Two Bob's Winterthur tour continues. After a brief stop to admire some fine cabinetry work attributed to the Dunlap family of New Hampshire, Vila and Eversmann tour one of Winterthur's most ... Watch video and view full description
	Wall Stenciling Continued Work continues on the parlor's wall stencils. Bob and Ken Forcier are applying the second "layer" of the stencilÑan ochre hue to complement the first shade of blue. To aid ... Watch video and view full description