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 was an heir to Delaware’s DuPont Company fortune. (1)_______________________________: furniture, textiles, paintings and other objects made in United States between 1640 and 1840. (2)____________________had been considered inferior to those from Europe. But Du Pont helped develope a new appreciation for American decorative arts. (3)____________________________ on his family estate just outside Wilmington, Delaware. In 1951, it was open to the public as the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum.
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