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History of Chrisfield and Surrounding Areas on Maryland's Eastern Shore
AuthorWilson, Woodrow T.DescriptionCrisfield, Maryland, a small city on the southernmost part of Maryland's Eastern Shore formerly was known as Somers Cove and called the seafood capital of the world. Using original primary and secondary sources, this book offers history, folklore, and photographs of areas, businesses and people of interest to Crisfield as well as Smith Island, Tangier Island, and Marion Station areas.Call NumberF187PublisherISBN9798879739985
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American Art: History and Culture
AuthorCraven, WayneDescriptionFive centuries of the architecture, painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and photography created by the diverse peoples who have given direction to the arts of America.Call NumberN6505 .C7 1994bPublisherISBN9780810919426
Delaware History Vol. XXXI No.4 2007
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionVolume 31, No. 4 has four articles: 1. "Tribute to William H. Williams"; 2. "A House is Not a Home": The Collins Bombing of 1959"; 3. "The Art and Mystery" of Delaware's Apprentice Indentures"; 4. "Bibliography of Delaware History, 2003-2005".Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherLewes: Delaware 350 Years
Call NumberG3834.L4E635The Delaware Seashore A Journey
AuthorMoore, Kevin N.DescriptionThrough words and photographs, a journey through the past, a journey of the present and a journey to the future.Call NumberF165 .B55PublisherQuilted for Friends: Delaware Valley Signature Quilts, 1840-1855
AuthorNicoll, Jessica F.DescriptionBrief analysis of 40 Delaware Valley quilts and their makers.Call NumberNK9112PublisherISBN9780912724157
The Great Age of Fresco Giotto to Pontormo Exhibition at NYC Metropolitan Museum
Description"Organized in collaboration with the Soprintendenza of the Florentine Galleries."Call NumberND2755 .G7PublisherDelaware Genealogical Society Journal Vol 10 #1 April 1999
AuthorDelaware Genealogical SocietyDescriptionEditions: 1991-2004 Original 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 historyCall NumberCS42 .D44PublisherColonial Architecture in Massachusetts
AuthorWhitehead, Russell F. Brown,Frank C. (editor)Description†a conference held by the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, September 19 and 20, 1974.Call NumberNA730.M4PublisherAmerican Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works March 2010Vol. 35, No. 2
DescriptionResearch/Technology Transfer: Exchanges with Cultural Heritage PreservationCall NumberN8554 .A53aJohn Shaw: Cabinetmaker of Annapolis
AuthorElder, William Voss III & Bartlett, LuCall NumberNK2439.S5 A4†PublisherISBN9780912298566"A Most Comfortable Dinner"
AuthorDillon, Clarissa F. Gillette, Mrs. F. L.DescriptionPresents 18th-century recipes and food traditions designed to subsist a great number of persons at a small expense
Call NumberTX705Publisher
A Social History of the American Family Vol I Colonial Period
AuthorCalhoun, Arthur W.DescriptionA Classic study of sexual codes, marriage traditions, and family roles and statuw. The Family as an economic, educational, moral, and spiritual institution. The relation of the famil to the state, industry and society. Originally published 1917Call NumberHQ535 .C23PublisherISBN0679733760A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago
AuthorNaeve, MiloRoberts, Lynn SpringerCall NumberNK805 .A78 1986ISBN9780865590694
Elements of Architecture ( The Works of Asher Benjamin VII Reprintof 1843 ed.
AuthorBenjamin, AsherDescriptioncontaining the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders, with all their details and embellishments. Also, the theory and practice of carpentry.Call NumberNA2815 .B42PublisherISBN9780306710285The William K. DuPont Collection: Important Americana from Rocky Hill Vol: I II
AuthorSotheby'sDescriptionWilliam K. du Pont assembled a collection that is entirely unique in character and importance, comprising some of the best examples of Americana.Call NumberNK1Publisher
If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America
AuthorKamma, AnneDescriptionWith compassion and respect for the enslaved, this book answers questions children might have about this dismal era in American history.Call NumberE441 .K36 2004PublisherISBN9780439567060Reminiscences of Wilmington: in familiar village tales, ancient and new
AuthorMontgomery, ElizabethDescriptionOriginally published in 1851. Contains references to Quakers and to individual Friends' families such as Hilles, Ferris and Tatnall
Call NumberF174.W7 M7PublisherA Handbook on the Art of Washi
Call NumberTS1130PublisherStaining and Finishing Unfinished Furniture and Other Naked Woods
AuthorGrotz, GeorgeDescriptionServes as a practical guide to wood finishing, covering stains, shellac, varnish, oils, and waxes with a humorous, no-nonsense approach. It's a classic DIY manual for repairing and refinishing furniture, offering step-by-step instructions and practical tips for amateurs.†Call NumberNK2400PublisherEarly American Trades Coloring Book
AuthorCopeland, Peter F.DescriptionEarly American craftsmen made a vital contribution to the development of this country, and they are still a very important part of our heritage. This book provides illustrations, rendered for coloring, of 22 crafts that were once widespread in America but are now rarely seen.Call NumberTT23PublisherISBN9780486238463Discover the Winterthur Period Rooms
AuthorEversmann, Pauline K.DescriptionA small copy of the period rooms in the Winterthur Museum. Contains photos and texts about the rooms.Call NumberNK2003 .E83 1998ISBN9780912724430Delaware 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
The Magic of Spinning: How to Do It Yourself, with the Emphasis on Wool, the History of Spinning and Other Facts
AuthorChanning, Marion L. Illustrated by Walter E. Channing.Call NumberTT847 .C47The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Annual Report for the Year
DescriptionEditions: 1962-1969, 1970-1973, 1975-1979, 1980-1987, 1990-1993, 1995-1998Call NumberNK460Early American Decorative Arts 1620 1860 : A Handbook for Interpreters
AuthorKrill, Rosemary Troy with Eversmann, Pauline K.Call NumberNK806 .K75PublisherISBN9780740000000
American Furniture
AuthorBeckerdite, Luke EditorDescriptionIssues: 1994, 1996, 1998-2000, 2002-2005, 2007, 2008, 2011-2013, 2017, 2018
Call NumberNK2405 .A6Publisher
Winterthur Farms Complete Dispersal Friday, September 12, 1969
Call NumberNK460PublisherA Calendar of Ridgely Family Letters 1742 1899 Vol. I, Vol. III
AuthorDelaware. Public Archives CommissionCall NumberCD3159.5.R5 A5Early Building and Historic Artifacts in Tidewater Maryland: The Eastern Shore
AuthorForeman, Henry ChandleeDescriptionThe Medieval traditions of building in Britain were carried over to Maryland settlements in the 17th Century and are still visible today. A compilation of history, genealogy and architecture.Call NumberF176ISBN9780938420651
Maryland Queen Anne and Chippendale furniture of the eighteenth century
AuthorThe Baltimore Museum of ArtDescriptionAn exhibition presented at the Baltimore Museum of Art, March 5 to April 14, 1968.Call NumberNK2435.M3 B3
Boxes, Vessels, & Spuns Trappings and trimmings for Tea
Call NumberTX657Publisher
Vasari on Technique
AuthorVasari, GiorgioDescription†being the introduction to the three arts of design, architecture, sculpture and painting, prefixed to the Lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors, and architects.Call NumberN7420 .V3PublisherColonial Churches and Meeting Houses Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
AuthorWallace, Philip B. drawings by William Allen DunnCall NumberNA5207 .W3Publisher
Colonial Grandeur in Philadelphia. The House and Furniture of General John Cadwalder
AuthorWainwright, Nicholas B.DescriptionHow John Cadwalader's great Philadelphia mansion was decorated and furnished in colonial times.Call NumberF158.37 .W3Publisher
"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 NumberF234Winterthur Seminar Museum Operation
Call NumberNK460PublisherUseful Beauty: early American decorative arts from St. Louis collections
AuthorCanradson, David H.Call NumberNK806 .C625 1999PublisherISBN9780891780809
Colonial Williamsburg: The Journal of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Spring 2006
DescriptionThe Foundation's Annual reportCall NumberF234.W7 C88PublisherJournal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 57, Number 4November 2018
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionThe dating of French gilt bronzes with ED-XRFHistorical tintype plates: anaylsis of supports, japanning layers, and verso varnishesSublimable layers for protection of painted pottery during desalinationBlack and blue printing ink analysis by XRF, DRIFCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisher
