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Conservation of the decorative arts / by members of the conservation staff at The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
AuthorFikioris, Margaret A. Lins, P. Andrew Melody, John Heller, Don B.DescriptionTextile cleaning and storage / Margaret A. Fikioris -- Remounting framed textiles / Margaret A. Fikioris -- Ceramics and glass conservation: preventive measures / P. Andrew Lins --Caring for wood / John Melody -- Conserving metal objects / Don. B. HellerCall NumberN8560 .C6546 1977PublisherA Quaker Woman's Cookbook
AuthorWeaver, William Woys Gillette, Mrs. F. L.DescriptionThe Domestic Cookery of Elizabeth Ellicott LeaCall NumberTX715 .L39 2004PublisherISBN9780811700733
Researching the Underground Railroad in Delaware
AuthorDalleo, Peter T.Call NumberE450Treasures of America and Where to Find Them
DescriptionDescriptions and locations of America's most treasured houses, museums, gardens, buildings, monuments, historic sites and other fascinating places to visit.Call NumberG153PublisherArt i Facts Summer 2016
AuthorHeuer, Amy, EditorDescriptionResearching Ungilded Daguerreotype Treatment.The Fellowship Year at CCAHA.Call NumberAM101Port Penn: Yesterday & Today A Slide Presentation sponsored by the Corbit Calloway Memorial Library
AuthorBeck, Robert & Hotchkiss, Horace (Narrators)Call NumberF174Delaware Bay Stories, Past and Present
AuthorHanna, James MiltonDescriptionTrue stories about events occurring on or near Delaware Bay over a span of years including Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Boating and fishing, Bower's Beach, DE and the people who worked on the Bay.Call NumberF174PublisherISBN9781930052444
Underground Railroad Official National Park Handbook
AuthorNational Park ServiceCall NumberE450PublisherISBN0912627646Delaware Genealogical Society Journal Vol 7 #1 April 1993
AuthorDelaware Genealogical SocietyDescriptionOriginal source material for Delaware genealogy and family history research available to researchers. Records include church, cemetery, land, census, and vital records, along with papers reflecting original research into Delaware families and local history.
Call NumberCS42 .D44PublisherAmerican Furniture in Pendleton House RISD
AuthorMonkhouse, Christopher P.Michle, ThomasCall NumberNK2405 .M65 1986PublisherISBN9780911517446
Delaware Cabinetmakers and Allied Artisans 1655 1855
AuthorDorman, Charles G.Call NumberNK2500English and Printed Textiles 1720 1838 (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Call NumberNK8800Landscaping with Fruit: a homeowner's guide
AuthorReich, LeeDescriptionLandscape design basics -- Considerations in planting -- Growing the plants -- Home landscape plans -- Guide to fruiting landscape plantsCall NumberSB354.8 .R45 2009PublisherISBN9781603420914The Servants Directory, Improved or Housekeepers Companion 4th ed
AuthorGlasse, HannahDescriptionWherein the duties of the Chamber-maid, Nursery-maid, House-maid, Laundry-maid, Scullion or Undercook, are fully and distinctly explained. To which is added, Cookery and Pickling sufficient to qualify a person to act as THOROUGH SERVANT in any family.Call NumberTX301ISBN9781140728627Home Crafts Historic Communities Series
AuthorKalman, BobbieDescriptionHistoric Communities SeriesCall NumberTT160 .K26PublisherISBN9780865054851Georgetown Houses of the Federal Period Washington, D.C. 1780 1830
AuthorDavis, Deering, Dorsey, Stephen P., Hall, Ralph ColeCall NumberNA735.W3 D38PublisherUseful Beauty: early American decorative arts from St. Louis collections
AuthorCanradson, David H.Call NumberNK806 .C625 1999PublisherISBN9780891780809
Furniture Treasury (Mostly of American Origin) Two Volumes in One Unabridged
AuthorNutting, WallaceDescriptionAll periods of American furniture with some foreign examples in America; also American hardware and household utensils.Call NumberNK2406 .N732Publisher
Textile Printing
AuthorClark, HazelCall NumberNK8800The American Revolution: Three Views
DescriptionKristol, Irving American Revolution as a successful revolution; Diamond, Martin Revolution of sober expectations; Nutter, G. Warren Freedom in a revolutionary economyCall NumberE208 .A44PublisherMoravian Architecture and Town Planning Bethlehem, PA and other 18th Century American Settlements
AuthorMurtagh, William J.Call NumberNA735.B4 M8PublisherISBN9780812216370Everyday Dress of the American Colonial Period
AuthorCopeland, Peter F.DescriptionWigmakers, farriers (horse shoers), glassblowers, hatters, a whitesmith (tinsmith), cutlers, coopers, cabinetmakers, a coppersmith, and other tradesmen are shown in period costume at work, often in groups of two or more. On facing pages are illustrations of tools and products associated with each trade ó such as the whitesmith's anchored shears, flatting hammer, tin snips, tin candlestick, tin lantern, soldering iron, etc. A caption provides basic information on the craft.Call NumberGT607PublisherISBN9780486231099Our American Heritage A Guide to Early Furniture Styles
AuthorMiller, Estelle K.DescriptionProvides a comprehensive look at the historical evolution of domestic design in the United States. It tracks how European designs were adapted by colonial artisans, reflecting the social, political, and economic development of a growing nationCall NumberNK2400Publisher
Corporate Capital: Wilmington in the Twentieth Century
AuthorHoffecker, Carol E.Call NumberJS1545.2 .H63†PublisherISBN087722305XJoseph Richardson and Family Philadelphia Silversmiths
AuthorFales, Martha GandyCall NumberTS730 .F34PublisherISBN9780819540768
Textiles in America 1650-1870 A Dictionary Based on Original Documents, Prints and Paintings, Commercial Records, American Merchant's Papers, Shopkeepers' Advertisements, and Pattern Books with Original Swatches of Cloth
AuthorMontgomery, Florence M.DescriptionOverview of textiles in America. Imported textiles played a central role in the lives of American colonists. Illustrates samples from collections around the world, as well as drawings and engravings of the time.Call NumberTS1767 .M66PublisherISBN9780393732245
Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopedia
AuthorGettens, Rutherford J.Stout, George L.DescriptionBrief encyclopedia of the materials and processes of painting.Call NumberND1500 .G4 1966PublisherMaryland's African-American Heritage Travel Guide
Call NumberE441PublisherThe Late Georgian Period 1760 1810 The Connoisseur Period Guides to the Houses of the Classic Periods
AuthorEdwards, Ralph and Ramsey, L. G. G.Call NumberNA7328Manners Maketh Man or Courteous Behavior for Young Gentlemen
AuthorDillon, Clarissa F.DescriptionLists some basic must have manners in different situations - table manners, greeting people, how to treat eldersCall NumberE163PublisherMiddletown Odessa Townsend (Information & Services Booklet)
AuthorMiddletown, DE Chamber of CommerceCall NumberF174George Washington's America Biography Through His Maps
AuthorSchecter, BarnetDescriptionFrom his teens until his death, the maps George Washington drew and purchased were always central to his work. After his death, many of the most important maps he had acquired were bound into an atlas. The atlas remained in his family for almost a centurCall NumberE312 .S298 2010PublisherISBN9780802717489
A History of the Original Settlements on the Delaware and a History of Wilmington
AuthorFerris, BenjaminDescriptionA history of the original settlements on the Delaware-- & a history of Wilmington with a new index compiled by members of the Delaware Genealogical Society.Call NumberF167 .F39 1987PublisherDelftware: Faience Production at Delft
AuthorFourest, Henri-PierreDescriptionTranslation of La faÔences de DelftCall NumberNK4295 .F613PublisherISBN9780847803224
The Virginia housewife, or, Methodical cook : a facsimile of an authentic early American cookbook / Mary Randolph
AuthorRandolph, MaryDescriptionMary Randolph (August 9, 1762ñJanuary 23, 1828) wrote The Virginia House-Wife (1824), the first American regional cookbook. Her recipes used Virginia produce but also showed influences from African, American Indian, and European cultures, thereby creating a cuisine unique to Virginia and the South. Randolph's influential housekeeping book was an immediate success and went through many editions until the 1860s. It included both culinary instructions and advice on household supervision. Besides popularizing the use of more than forty vegetables, Randolph's book also introduced dishes from abroad, such as gazpacho, to the southern public.Call NumberTX715 .R215 1993PublisherISBN9780486277721
Bound To The Fire How Virginia's Enslaved Cooks Helped Invent American Cuisine
AuthorDeetz, Kelley Fanto Gillette, Mrs. F. L.DescriptionDraws on archaeological evidence, cookbooks, plantation records, material culture, and folklore to present a nuanced study of the lives of enslaved plantation cooks from colonial times through emancipation and beyond.Call NumberE445.V8 D44 2017PublisherISBN9780813174730
The Naked Quaker
AuthorRapaport, DianeDescriptionTrue crimes and controversies from the Courts of Colonial New EnglandCall NumberHV6793.N295 R36 2007PublisherISBN9781933212579Quilted for Friends Delaware Valley Signature Quilts 1840-1855
AuthorNicoll, Jessica F.DescriptionExhibition catalog of collaboratively assembled quilts composed of numerous signed blocks, a creative element of friendship, including many by Delaware Valley Quakers.Call NumberTT835PublisherISBN9780912724157American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works November 2009
AuthorAmerican Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic WorksCall NumberN8554 .A53aHistory of Delaware Volume 1 & 2 1609-1888
AuthorScharf, J. ThomasDescriptionA history of Delaware from 1609 - 1888 in two volumes and illustrated. Vol. 1 contains text of 610 pages with Appendix. Vol II continues from p. 611-1346 pp.Call NumberF164 .S3 1972PublisherISBN940907151
