Image courtesy of the Winterthur Museum. Photo by John Wynn. 
Thomas Jayne.

Long known for its inimitable exhibitor list and spectacular offerings, the Delaware Antiques Show is setting its sights on interior design with keynote speaker and honorary co-chair, Thomas Jayne. Jayne, a graduate of the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, is well-known for his sophisticated interiors and reverence for the past. Says Jayne, “It is an honor and a privilege to serve as honorary co-chair and deliver the keynote lecture at the 2015 Delaware Antiques Show, benefiting one of this country’s most important cultural institutions. I see myself as a scholar-decorator much as Henry Francis du Pont, the founder of Winterthur, saw the ideal curator as part decorator, part librarian.” Jayne, whose award-winning, New York-based firm, Jayne Design Studio, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, will deliver his keynote at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 6, at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington. A signing of his books American Decoration: A Sense of Place and The Finest Rooms in America: Fifty Influential Interiors from the Eighteenth Century to the Present will follow.

Chippendale High Chest of Drawers, Philadelphia, circa 1770. Primary wood: Walnut. Secondary woods: Yellow pine, chestnut. H. 80¼, W. 44⅛, D. 24½ in. Photography by Bruce M. White. Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc.

Now in its 52nd year, the Delaware Antiques Show will present a stunning array of American antiques and decorative arts, including furniture, paintings, rugs, ceramics, jewelry, and much more. Among this year’s sixty-plus dealers are Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., Elle Shushan Fine Portrait Miniatures, Diana Bittel, Spencer Marks, Ltd., Gary R. Sullivan Antiques, Inc., Jeffrey Tillou Antiques, Philip H. Bradley & Co., Mark & Marjorie Allen, HL Chalfant Fine Art and Antiques, Dixon-Hall Fine Art, M. Finkel & Daughter, James M. Kilvington, Inc., Kelly Kinzle Antiques, Stephen & Carol Huber, Greg K. Kramer & Co., Artemis Gallery, and Earle D. Vandekar of Knightsbridge. New to the show are C. L. Prickett, S. J. Shrubsole, and Ralph M. Chait. Committee members, distinguished collectors, top dealers, and other industry leaders will have the opportunity to mingle and shop the show early at the Opening Night Party on Thursday, November 5. In addition to Jayne, Delaware Governor Jack Markell and First Lady Carla Markell will be in attendance.

The 2015 Delaware Antiques Show will feature an inspiring loan exhibition from the forthcoming Museum of the American Revolution, which will open in Philadelphia in spring 2017. The exhibition highlights rare and important objects from the Revolutionary era with a focus on George and Martha Washington. The Washington Collection at the Museum of the American Revolution will be on view throughout the show and is included in General Admission.

After spending time — and buying — at the antiques show, visit Winterthur Museum, located less than seven miles away, to view the collection as well as some of the most iconic leaded glass artistry by Louis Comfort Tiffany in the exhibition Tiffany Glass: Painting with Color and Light. Installed through January 3, 2016, the show was organized by the Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass in New York City.

Click here for a preview of many of the items being exhibited at the show.  

For more information call 800.448.3883 or visit www.winterthur.org/das.