About the Exhibition This exhibition chronicles America's past
through the decorative and useful arts of our ancestors. The
exhibition covers five themes using the depth and richness of
Winterthur's unrivalled collection of decorative and fine arts
made or used in America between 1640 and 1860: the early
settlement period, the mid-eighteenth-century high styles of the
urban centers, the influence of the Far East on American taste
and design, the tremendous cultural heritage of the Pennsylvania
German communities, and the influence of classicism on American
design in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
The exhibition consists of approximately three hundred objects
including furniture, paintings, silver, ceramics, textiles, and
glass. An illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition. This
exhibition was organized by Winterthur Museum and Country
Estate.