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Silk Art Embroidery: A Women's History of Ornament & Empowerment
AuthorCardwell, DonnaCall NumberNK9204 .C37 2008PublisherISBN9780764329067Colonial Williamsburg, its buildings and gardens; a descriptive tour of the restored capital of the British Colony of Virginia
AuthorKocher, A. Lawrence and Dearstyne, HowardCall NumberF234.W7 K6 1961PublisherA History of Lace 3rd ed.
AuthorPallister, Mrs. BuryCall NumberNK9404Evaluation Your Collection: The 14 Points of Connoisseurship
AuthorLannon, Dwight P. (compiled by)Call NumberAM231 .L36ISBN9780912724508Clues to America's Past
AuthorNational Geographic SocietyCall NumberE159.5 .N37 1976PublisherISBN9780870441929The Cadwalader Family: Art and Style in Early Philadelphia
AuthorLindsey, Jack L.Sewell, DarrellDescriptionCatalogue of an exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art of eighteenth and early nineteenth century furniture, portraits, clothing, and objets d'art commissioned and owned by the Cadwalader family of Philadelphia.Call NumberN5198Publisher
Delaware Literature
AuthorAble, Augustus H. IIIDescriptionDefinitive 1947 study, which outlines the contributions of authors from the First State. Reprinted from Delaware, A History of the First State, ed by H.Clay ReedCall NumberF174Ancient Families of Bohemia Manor, their homes and their graves
AuthorMallery, Rev. Charles PaysonDescriptionBrief summaries of 7 ancient familes of Bohemia Manor with alphabetical index in last 2 pages.Call NumberF161 .D35PublisherABC Book of Early Americana A Sketchbook of Antiquities and American Firsts
AuthorSloan, EricDescriptionSome two hundred objects from eighteenth and nineteenth century United States with the author/artist's own illustrative sketches. Includes an epilogue on the alphabet in early America.Call NumberE161 .S52PublisherISBN080501294X
The Associalted Press Stylebook and Libel Manual
AuthorFrench, Christopher (editor)Call NumberP301Colonial 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 1999PublisherBounty of Biltmore a cookbook
AuthorPickering, Whitney Wheeler Editor Gold, CharlesDescriptionAllows readers to savor the delicious cuisine and gracious hospitality that represent the pleasures of fine dining at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina.Call NumberTX715 .B7558 2000PublisherISBN9780848719555501 Quilt Blocks: A Treasury of Patterns for Patchwork & Applique
AuthorBetter Homes and GardensCall NumberTT835 .L483 1994PublisherISBN9780696019975Constitution of the State of Delaware as adopted in convention, June 4, 1897
Call NumberKFD401†PublisherThe Book and Paper Group Annual Volume Thirty-seven 2018
DescriptionPapers presented at the Book and Paper Group Annual Meeting 2018Call NumberZ700.9 .B66Wilmington, Delware Three Centuries Under Four Flags
AuthorLincoln, Anna T.DescriptionA history of Wilmington, DE 1609 -1937 with 28 chapters devoted to different aspects of the town in that period. Includes a list of illustrations, Table of Contents, and insert titled "Errata" infront of the1st page of Chapter1. Inside hardcovers are mapCall NumberF174.W7 L6PublisherThe Early Georgian Period 1714 1760
AuthorRdited by Ralph Edwards & L.G.G. RamseyCall NumberNA7328European Ceramics
AuthorHilyard, RobynDescriptionTraces the story of European ceramics from the Middle Ages to the present day, highlighting key developments, techniques, discoveries and styles.Call NumberNK4083 .H55 1999PublisherISBN9781851772599
Lincolnís Genius American History Special Collector's Edition
Call NumberE457PublisherQuilted Together Women, Quilts, and Communities
AuthorIce, Joyce and Norris, Linda (editors)Call NumberNK9101.D36 Q55 1989PublisherISBN9780962290305Quilt Restoration A Practical Guide
AuthorCognac, Camille DalphondCall NumberTT835 .C634 1994PublisherISBN978093900983135 Receipts from "The Larder Invaded"
AuthorWeaver, William WoysCall NumberTX633 .H56PublisherISBN0914076698Hale Byrnes Boyce House: The Story Behind A Delaware Jewel
AuthorWilson, W. EmersonDescriptionA beautifully preserved 1750s brick home in Stanton, Delaware, famous for hosting General George Washington and his officers for a critical war council in 1777.Call NumberF174H. Rodney Sharp 1880 1968: Biographical Notes Marking the 100th Anniversary of his Birth
AuthorRaley, Robert L.Call NumberCT3200The Virginia House: A Home for Three Hundred Years
AuthorFaulconer, Anne M.DescriptionPresents a full survey of Tidewater Virginia homes constructed between 1640 and 1830.Call NumberNA7206 .F38 1984PublisherISBN9780887400049
Landscape Wallcoverings
AuthorWarner, Joanne Kosuda with Elizabeth jJohnson, EditorDescriptionIncludes a brief history of Landscape Painting and transitions from canvas to paper and the origins of it from 1650 - 1800. Includes illustrations throughout the book.Call NumberNK3400 .K68 2001PublisherISBN1857392395Joy of Cooking
AuthorRombauer, Irma S.; Becker, Marion R. and Becker, EthanCall NumberTX715 .R75PublisherISBN9780684818702Beyond Necessity Art in the Folk Tradition
AuthorAmes, Kenneth L.Descriptionan exhibition from the collections of Winterthur Museum at the Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 17 September-16 November, 1977 / Kenneth L. Ames.Call NumberNK805 .A69ISBN9780912724058The Drinking Gourd
AuthorBrenner, F. N.DescriptionSent home alone for misbehaving in church, Tommy discovers that his house is a station on the underground railroadCall NumberPZ7.M75 DrPublisherHerbs & Things Jeanne Rose's Herbal
AuthorRose, JeanneDescription1974 printingCall NumberRS164 .R67PublisherISBN9780448024578The Magazine Antiques Index 1922-1951
DescriptionBound copies of Indices 1922-1951
Call NumberNK1125 .A3Publisher
Researching the Underground Railroad in Delaware
AuthorDalleo, Peter T.Call NumberE450Delaware History Vol. XXVIII, No.4, 1999-2000
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionVolume 28 XXVIII has four articles: 1. "Gordon Keppel, Ranger Surgeon"; 2. "Allen McLane, James Peale, and Henry bryan Hall: An Artistic Mystery Solved". 3. "Beginnings of the Catholic Church of Wilmington, Delaware"; 4. "Bibliography of Delaware HisCall NumberF161 .D37Publisher
