October 27, 2021
Amie Potsic interviews Winterthur's Associate Director of Special Events Jill Abbott and Art & Antiques Dealer Diana Bittel on the upcoming Annual Delaware Antiques Show, presented by the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. This is the 58th annual show with this year being the first in-person version since COVID. Held November 5 -7, 2021, the show brings together fine art and antiques for one weekend of offerings to its guests at the Chase Center on the Riverfront.
For 24 years, Jill Abbott has run a number of large scale events at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, and is the Race Director of their largest annual fundraiser, the Winterthur Race. Before Winterthur, she was a Staff Assistant for Governor Michael N. Castle and United States Senator William V. Roth, Jr. while receiving her Masters of Public Administration from the Fels School of Government at the University of Pennsylvania. She later became Chief Deputy in New Castle County and worked in the private sector. Her articles and appearances include: The Today Show, The New York Times, USA Today, The Guardian (UK), and Delaware Today.
Diana Bittel is an Arts & Antiques Dealer based in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and she is the manager of the 58th Annual Delaware Antiques Show. She’s passionate about Antiques and has worked with them her entire life. She grew up with parents who collected with weekends spent in the car, visiting dealers and enjoying the Pennsylvania countryside where there were so many shops. After college, she moved to New York where she worked at Sotheby’s in their Renaissance Works of Art or Art Nouveau Departments. Returning to her love of American art, furniture, and collectibles, she became a dealer and has presented at major Antiques shows across the country ever since.
Image courtesy of the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Image courtesy of the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
About the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Winterthur is the premier museum of American decorative arts, with an unparalleled collection of nearly 90,000 objects made or used in America since 1640. This Annual Delaware Antiques Show, presented by the Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, is the 58th annual show with this year being the first in-person version since COVID. Held November 5 -7, 2021, the show brings together fine art and antiques for one weekend of offerings to its guests at the Chase Center on the Riverfront. To learn more, visit: https://www.winterthur.org/calendar/58th-annual-delaware-antiques-show/2021-11-05/