Library Collection
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"Enchanted House": George Mason's Gunston Hall (Virginia)
DescriptionKnown for its picturesque 18th-century architecture, sweeping Potomac River views, and stunning formal gardens, the historic estate is often affectionately referred to as an "enchanted house" because of its magical Georgian symmetry and beautifully preserved, intricate woodwork.Call NumberF234Our Militia 1765-1865
Call NumberE171American Frontier Life Early Western Painting and Prints
AuthorAxelrod, Alan (editor)Call NumberN8214.5.U6 A44 1987PublisherISBN9780896596917Embroidery the language of art
AuthorEaton, Linda, Lane, Lea & Weisberg, RobertaCall NumberNK4705The American Horticultural Society A Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants
AuthorBrickell, Christopher & Zuk, Judith D. EditorsCall NumberSB403.2 .A45PublisherISBN9780789419439Henry Francis du Pont 1880 1969
AuthorMontgomery, Charles F.Call NumberCT3200Ancient Carpenters' Tools: Together with Joiners' and Cabinet Makers' Tools in Use in the 18th Century
AuthorMercer, Henry C.Call NumberTJ1195Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 53, Number 4November 2014
AuthorDerrick, Michele, Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionShort Communication: Rare Attraction Evaluating Magnetic Primers for Mounting TextilesPhotographic Paper XYZ: De Facto Standard Sizes for Silver Gelatin PaperA Model Approach for Finding Cleaning Solutions for Plasticized Poly Vinyl SurfacesHenri MatiCall NumberN8554 .A53aHow to Care for Works of Art on Paper
AuthorDolloff, Francis W. Perkinson, Roy L.Call NumberN8560 .D64 1985PublisherISBN9780878462544The American Arts Library Pennsylvania Dutch Art
AuthorAdams, RuthDescriptionThe American Arts LibraryCall NumberNK835.P4 A6PublisherCulinary Expeditions: A Celebration of Food and Culture
AuthorWomen's Committee of Penn MuseumDescriptionFeatures cultural and culinary stories, 80 tested recipes, and glorious photography of food-related artifacts from the international collections of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.Call NumberTX3ISBN9780615894935The Brandywine An Intimate Portrait
AuthorMaynard, W. Barksdale,DescriptionSweeping narrative about the men and women who shaped the Brandywine's history and culture.Call NumberF157.B77 M39 2015PublisherISBN9780812246773
American Rococo 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament
AuthorHecksher, Morrison H.Bowman, Lesilie GreenDescriptionEuropean origins and the American manifestations of the rococo, a brief discussion of firearms, and architecture, and medium-based explorations of objects made of paper, silver, wood, iron, glass, and ceramic.†Call NumberNK1403.5 .H4 1992PublisherISBN9780870996306
Early American Portraiture
AuthorSherman, Frederic FairchildDescriptionContains 14 essays, most on individual artists. 76 portraits are illustrated.Call NumberND1311 .S5Publisher
The Virginia Housewife (A facsimile of the 1st edition, 1824, along with material from 1825 & 1828 editions
AuthorRandolph, MaryDescriptionA facsimile of the 1st edition, 1824, along with material from 1825 & 1828 editions
Call NumberTX715 .R215PublisherISBN9780872494237
Early American Life 1970 Yearbook 2nd edition
DescriptionYearbook from 1970 showing aspects of Early American LifeCall NumberE162 .E216PublisherHO! FOR COLLINS' BEACH!
AuthorBryan, E., M.D.DescriptionAn interesting historical account of a place called Collins' Beach on the Delaware Bay northeast of Smyrna, Delaware. It includes information about growing interest interest in waterfront resorts, George Collins, the Hygeia/Hygenia House, the Collins family as well as the Collins' Beach Story and other facts related to the area.Call NumberF174PublisherSomething Blue: Some American Views on Staffordshire
AuthorFennelly, CatherineDescriptionOld Sturbridge Village Booklet seriesCall NumberNK4087.S6 F4PublisherCorporate Capital: Wilmington in the Twentieth Century
AuthorHoffecker, Carol E.Call NumberJS1545.2 .H63†PublisherISBN087722305XColonial Interiors Federal and Greek Revival, third series
AuthorEberlein, Harold DonaldsonHubbard,Cortland Van DykeDescriptionInterior design styles of the Federal and Greek Revival periods in colonial America featuring detailed descriptions and photographs of the architecture.Call NumberNA707 .C65Publisher
Brunk Auctions The Estate of Peter H. Tillou
DescriptionThis large glossy paperback book is a catalog that contains collection items from the estate of Peter H. Tillou put on auction at Brunk Auctions on September 29-30, 2022. Besides condition notes and index there are two pages at the end of the book that lists the Terms of Sale.Call NumberNK1125PublisherThe Interior Paint of the Campbell Whittlesey House 1835 1836
AuthorSelden, Marjorie WardCall NumberTT300Historic Preservation Project, Planning, and Estimating
AuthorSwanke, Hayden, Connell ArchitechsCall NumberTH3411 .S93PublisherISBN9780876295731A Winterthur Guide to American Needlework
AuthorSwan, Susan BurrowsDescription117 items in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum; includes samplers, canvas work, crewel embroidery, silk work, quilts, tambour work, knitting, white work, and less common needlework forms.Call NumberNK8812 .S95 1976PublisherISBN9780517521779
William Paca House and Garden Annapolis, MD
DescriptionAn 18th-century Georgian mansion in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. Founding Father William Paca was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and a three-term Governor of Maryland. The house was built between 1763 and 1765 and its architecture was largely designed by Paca himself.Call NumberF176Delaware Tercentenary Almanack & And Historical Repository
Call NumberF164 .D37PublisherMuseum and Garden Guide to Winterthur in the Spring
Call NumberNK460PublisherThe Late Georgian Period 1760 1810 The Connoisseur Period Guides to the Houses of the Classic Periods
AuthorEdwards, Ralph and Ramsey, L. G. G.Call NumberNA7328The Thirteen Colonies Cookbook: a collection of favourite receipts from thirteen exemplary eighteenth-century cooks with proper menus for simple fare and elegant entertainments and selected notes of historic interest, being a guide to open-hearth and bee-hive oven cookery, adapted for twentieth-century use
AuthorDonovan, Mary, Hatrak, Amy, Mills, Frances, etc.Call NumberTX715 .T39PublisherISBN9780275223007
Delaware History Vol. XXXII No. 3 2008
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionVolume 32, No.3 contains five articles: 1. "Introduction to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Issue"; 2. " Abraham Lincoln and Delaware"; 3. " Every Soul Shudders": Delaware Reacts to Lincoln's Death". 4. "The Lincoln Collection of the University of DeCall NumberF161 .D37PublisherThe Model Architect: A Series of Original Designs for Cottages, Villas, etc. Vol.1, 2
AuthorSloan, SamuelDescriptionSloan, Samuel. The model architect: A series of original designs for cottages, villas, suburban residencesCall NumberNA7207.S6PublisherISBN9780306707469American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art II Late Colonial Period: Queen Anne &
AuthorHeckscher, Morrison H.DescriptionLate colonial period, The Queen Anne and Chippendale stylesCall NumberNK2405 .M47†PublisherISBN9780870994272
Colonial Wrought Iron: The Sorber Collection
AuthorPlummer, DonAndrews, JackDescriptionPhotographic survey of early wrought iron work in America with 506 photographs from the Sorber Collection.Call NumberNK8212 .P57 1999PublisherISBN9781879535169
Toys & Games
AuthorKetchum, William C., Jr.DescriptionThe Smithsonian Illustrated Library of AntiquesCall NumberGV1218.5 .K45PublisherMaine Antique Digest The Americana Chronicles
AuthorSolis Cohen, Lita (editor)DescriptionMaine Antique Digest is the publication of record for the antiques market in America. Now this venerable publication, based in Waldoboro, Maine, has opened its archives to reveal the greatest stories to fill its pages in 30 years: the fascinating personalities, amazing discoveries, major sales, auction dramas, and staggering scandals that have defined the 20 billion-a-year antiques industry. It covers the years 1973 through 2003.Call NumberNK28PublisherISBN9780762418961
Along the Brandywine River
AuthorMowday, Bruce EdwardDescriptionExplores the creek's importance from the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brandywine through 20th-century settlements. The collected postcards show the countryside as it appeared during the Revolutionary War Battle at Brandywine through the time of nineteenth-century settlements in the region and into the twentieth century.Call NumberE151PublisherISBN073850940XLoan exhibition of eighteenth and early nineteenth century furniture & glass;
AuthorGirl Scouts of AmericaDescriptionA landmark 1929 antiques showcase held at the American Art Galleries in New York for the Benefit of the National Council of Girl Scouts. It is widely considered by scholars to be the starting point for modern American decorative arts scholarship.Call NumberN6507 .G5Publisher
Colonial Families of Delaware Vol 1
AuthorWright, F. EdwardDescriptionThis is the first volume of a planned series of genealogies of the first families of Delaware.Call NumberF163 .W74 1999Publisher
