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Chinese Wallpaper in National Trust Houses
AuthordeBruin, Emile; Bush, Andrew & Clifford, HelenDescriptionWhen trade between Asia and Europe grew in the 17th century, Europeans developed a taste for Chinese art and design. By the mid-18th century, Chinese wallpapers had become a highly fashionable ingredient of British country house interiors. Eighteen historic houses in our care contain examples of Chinese wallcoverings. They include woodblock-printed wallpaper, collages of Chinese prints and paintings, and fully hand-painted wallpaper. Some of the historic woodblock prints used in these wallpapers now only survive in European houses, even though they were originally made for the Chinese market.Call NumberNK3400PublisherISBN9780707804286Beyond Necessity Art in the Folk Tradition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 Needleworker's Dictionary
AuthorClabburn, PamelaDescriptionEssentially a book of extended definitions, it combines the "what it is" and the "how it is done" for a huge range of information both historical and contemporary. What is more, it is unique, being the only modern work to explain the meaning of the innumerable terms and techniques in use over the centuries for all kinds of sewing, stitchery, and embroidery.Call NumberTT750 .C35PublisherLittle Book of Early American Crafts and Trades
AuthorStockholm, Peter (editor)Call NumberT47 .B722†PublisherISBN9780486233369The underground railroad. A record of facts, authentic narratives, letters &c., narrating the hardships, hair-breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, as related by themselves and others
AuthorStill, WilliamDescriptionA "conductor" based in Philadelphia, Still (1821-1902) helped guide fugitive slaves to safety in the years before the Civil War. He created this collection of preserved letters, newspaper articles, and firsthand accounts about refugees' hardships, narrowCall NumberE450 .S85PublisherFelt, Silk & Straw Handmade Hats: Tools and Processes.
AuthorMcClellan, Mary ElizabethDescriptionFelt hat making was one of the earliest important American industries. The raw materials (wool, beaver and other furs) were plentiful; the skills for working wool and fur into felt and felt into hats had crossed the Atlantic with the colonists, and profitable markets existed both at home and abroad. As early as 1731, colonial hat makers were supplying a significant proportion of the needs of the colonies and also exporting to Spain and Portugal in such quantities that London felt makers considered their own markets threatened. The British Parliament tried to protect those markets by passing the Hat Act prohibiting colonial export of hats and limiting hat production.Call NumberGTPublisherThe Pennsylvania Spice Box: Paneled Doors and Secret Drawers
AuthorGriffth, Lee EllenCall NumberNK2727 .G75 1986PublisherISBN9780929706030
River Road Recipes
AuthorBaton Rouge Junior LeagueCall NumberTX715.2.L68 R57PublisherISBN9780961302665The Leatherworker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg
Call NumberF234.W7PublisherWoods We Live With: A Guide to the Identification of Wood in the Home
AuthorSchiffer, Nancy N.Schiffer, HerbertDescriptionBrings some of the tricks of identifying woods and show you how the wood can tell you where and when a piece of furniture was made.Call NumberTA419 .S29PublisherISBN9780916838102
The First American Cookbook A Facsimile of "American Cookery," 1796
AuthorSimmons, Amelia L. Wilson, Mary Tolford - essayDescriptionFacsimile of the first American-written cookbook published in the United States. Reveals the rich variety of food Colonial Americans enjoyed, their tastes, cooking and eating habits, even their colorful language.Call NumberTX703 .S5 1984bPublisherISBN9780486247106
American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection
AuthorFlanigan, J. MichaelCall NumberNK2406 .F58 1986PublisherISBN9780894680991
Delaware History Vol. XXVI No.3-4 1995-96
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionThis book contains Nos. 3-4 and has 6 articles: 1. "Introduction" ; 2. " Delaware Goes to War"; 2. " A Soldier's Story: Ruth Dorsman, Army Corps Nurse".Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherToys & Games
AuthorKetchum, William C., Jr.DescriptionThe Smithsonian Illustrated Library of AntiquesCall NumberGV1218.5 .K45Publisher140 Years Along Old Public Road in Mill Creek Hundred New Castle County, DE
AuthorWeslager, C.A.Call NumberF161George Logan of Philadelphia
AuthorTolles, Frederick B.DescriptionA Quaker idealist who attempted by private diplomacy to avert the Revolutionary War. He was an intimate friend of all the well known names of that time.Call NumberE302.6.L8 T6Publisher
For Every House a Garden: A Guide for Reproducing Period Gardens
AuthorFavretti, Rudy & JoyCall NumberSB473 .F38PublisherISBN9780874515145The FOUNDING FOODIES How Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin Revolutionized American Cuisine
AuthorDeWitt, DavidDescriptionThis book with information on the influence of our three of our Founder Fathers on American cuisine contains 235 pages of recipes and information that include a section on the location of recommended historic sites and restaurants. The first six chapters deal with the Founder Fathers' influence regarding cuisine and the seventh is entitled, "Recreating the Recipes of the Founding Fathers.Call NumberTX703 .D49 2010PublisherISBN9781402217869Everyday Architecture of the Mid Atlantic: Looking at Buildings and Landscapes
AuthorLanier, Gabrielle & Herman, Bernard L.DescriptionLooking at Buildings and LandscapesCall NumberNA717 .L36†PublisherISBN9780801853241"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 expenseCall NumberTX705PublisherOn a Personal Note: A Guide to Writing Notes with Style
AuthorEnsminger, Angela & Chace, KeelyCall NumberP301American Furniture and The British Tradition to 1830
AuthorKirk, JohnDescriptionDetailed evaluation of Anglo-American furniture design and construction.Call NumberNK2406 .K55PublisherISBN9780394400389
Culinary Expeditions: A Celebration of Food and Culture
AuthorFowler, Damon Lee EditorDescriptionFeatures 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 NumberTX715ISBN9780615894935Chinese Export Porcelain: Standard patterns and forms, 1780 to 1880
AuthorSchiffer, Herbert, Peter and NancyCall NumberNK4565.5 .S34PublisherThe Mansions of Virginia 1706 1776
AuthorWaterman, Thomas TilestonCall NumberNA7235.V5 W35PublisherThe American Craftsmen and the Eurpean Tradition 1620-1820
AuthorPuig, Francis J. Conforti, MichaelCall NumberNK2400PublisherISBN9780912964386
American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection Vol 5
AuthorHennage, Joseph H.DescriptionBrochure 26 to 29Call NumberNK805 .A64Publisher
Early Pleasures and Pastimes
AuthorKalman, BobbieDescriptionDescribes the family life, music, worship services, picnics, holidays, courtship, weddings, and seasonal activities of early settlersCall NumberGV53 .K35 1992PublisherISBN9780865050242Painting Materials: A Short Encyclopedia
AuthorGettens, Rutherford and Stout, George L.Call NumberND1500 .G4 1966PublisherISBN9780486215976The Waddesdon Companion Guide: The Rothschilds of Waddesdon Manor
AuthorSchwartz, SelmaCall NumberDA664.W25American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works July 2011Vol. 36, No. 4
DescriptionAIC in the Heart of Philadelphia.Conservation in the Twenty First Century: Will a Twentieth Century Code of Ethics Suffice?Call NumberN8554 .A53aCaring for Your Quilts: Textile Conservation, Repair and Storage
AuthorBone, HollyDescriptionPacks a wealth of information on how to care for your beloved textiles in this handy little volume.Call NumberTT835PublisherISBN9781933466811The Pruning Book
AuthorReich, LeeDescriptionIncludes nearly every plant that needs to be pruned.Call NumberSB125 .R38 2010PublisherISBN9781600850950Delaware Clocks
AuthorZimmerman, Philip D.DescriptionFirst intensive examination in over a hundred years of the tall case and bracket clocks made in Delaware from 1741 to 1815, the Golden Age of American clock manufacture.Call NumberNK7492 .Z56 2006PublisherISBN9781893287068
Remote Sensing: A Handbook for Archeologists and Cultural Resource Managers
AuthorLyons, Thomas R. and Avery, Thomas EugeneCall NumberCC76.4 .L96
