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享利法蘭西絲杜邦溫特圖爾博物館內，一個充斥早期美國傢俱及裝潢藝術的房間
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德拉瓦州的美國藝術
您也許聽過杜邦公司，一間由杜邦家族所創立的公司；但您知道那間由這個家族成員所興建的博物館嗎？
享利法蘭西絲杜邦(Henry
Francis du Pont：1880-1969)是德拉瓦州的杜邦公司繼承人，他是首批大量收集，美國裝
置藝術物品的收藏者之一，這些物品包括了傢俱、織物、畫作及其他由美國在1640至1840年間，所製造的用品。相較於歐洲
的傢俱及家庭用品，美國的傢俱及家庭用品被視為次級品；但杜邦掀起了一股欣賞美國裝置藝術物品的新風潮，他在位於德拉瓦州維明頓市外的自家土地上，興建了一個專門用來展示這些物品的傳奇展示會場；1951年開始開放大眾入內參觀，名叫享利法蘭西絲杜邦溫特圖爾博物館(Henry
Francis du Pont Winterthur (唸做winter-tour)
Museum)。
杜邦將他的收集品，分列在175間「時光房」內，每一間房間內的美國古董及裝潢物品，都依照某特定主題或早期的美國歷史時期擺放、佈置，舉個例子來說明，杜邦用餐室內的傢俱可回溯至18世紀晚期及19世紀早期。因為當時正好是美利堅聯合國剛成立的時候，所以房間內充斥著愛國題材，另一個例子就是中國風起居室，這個房間的裝潢，反映出18世紀時，美國人對亞洲文化的迷戀。杜邦相信，他可以透過這些時光室裡的傢俱及其他的裝潢物品，來陳述早期的美國故事。
You have probably heard of the DuPont Company, which was founded by a family of the same name. But do you know about the museum that one of the family members began?
Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969) was an heir to Delaware's DuPont Company fortune. He was one of the first serious collectors of American decorative art objects --furniture, textiles, paintings, and other objects made in the United States between 1640 and 1840. American furniture and household objects had been considered inferior to those from Europe. But du Pont helped develop a new appreciation for American decorative arts. He created a legendary showplace for these objects on his family's estate just outside of Wilmington, Delaware. In 1951 it was opened to the public as the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur (pronounced winter-tour) Museum.
Du Pont assembled objects from his collection into 175 "period rooms," each with examples of American antiques and decorative arts that followed a certain theme or period in early American history. For example, the du Pont Dining Room has furniture dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. And, because this was the time when the United States became a new nation, there is a patriotic theme in the room. Another example is the Chinese Parlor, which has furnishings that reflect Americans' fascination with Asian culture during the 18th century. In these period rooms du Pont believed he could tell the story of the early United States through furniture and other decorative arts.
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