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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 1977PublisherReader's Digest Pocket Guide to American Antiques
AuthorEditors of American HeritageDescriptionThis booklet is designed to provide a quick and easy introduction to the most popular styles of American antique furnishings and decorative objects, and also includes explanatory notes on their evolution.Call NumberNK28PublisherSurvey of Chester County, Pennsylvania Architecture
AuthorSchiffer, Margaret BerwindDescriptionSurvey includes homes, barns, out buildings, and commercial properties built here from the county's 17th century beginnings through the 19th century.Call NumberNA730.P42 C477PublisherISBN9780916838027
Non-Adhesive Binding, Volume II: 1-2- & 3-Section Sewings
AuthorSmith, Keith A.DescriptionDescribes the various sewing patterns, equipment and procedures used in non-adhesive binding of books.Call NumberZ700PublisherISBN9780963768223Old Southern Cookery Mary Randolph's Recipes adapted for today's kitchen
AuthorHendricks, Sue J & Hendricks, ChristopherCall NumberTX715.2.S68 H47PublisherISBN9781493049059
The brass book : American, English, and European, fifteenth century through 1850
AuthorSchiffer, Herbert F. Schiffer, Peter Berwind Schiffer, Nancy N.DescriptionLarge sections are devoted to andirons, candlesticks, fireplace accessories, kettles and tobacco boxes. Explains the composition of brass, eighteenth century method of sand casting, and ways to identify old copies and fakes.Call NumberNK7804 .S3 1978PublisherISBN091683817X
American Spoons: Souvenir and Historical
AuthorRainwater, Dorothy & Felger, DonnaCall NumberNK7235 .R3 1990PublisherISBN9780887402661Technological Innovations and the Decorative Arts
AuthorEarl, Polly Ann Quimby, Ian M. G. (editor)Call NumberT19 .W77PublisherISBN9780813905693
The Practical Archaeologist: How we know what we know about the past
AuthorMcIntosh, JaneDescriptionHow we know what we know about the pastCall NumberGN31.2 .M35PublisherISBN9780816014002Reminiscences 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 M7PublisherAnnals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdote, and incidents of the city and inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the Inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders, intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes of manners and customs, and the city and country in their local changes and improvements Vol I, II, III
AuthorWatson, John FanningDescriptionThis 163 year old book, originally bound in brown embossed paper over a hard cardboard is an excellent resource for information on mid-nineteenth century Philadelphia. It contains black and white reproductions of famous painting of historical events in the founding of the city. It has an extensive section of appendices on miscellaneous topics that could be of interest to reader of the city's history or a local historian.Call NumberF158.3 .W595Publisher
Paul Revere's Ride
AuthorFischer, David HackettCall NumberF69.R43 F57 1994PublisherISBN9780195088472Basket & Seat Weaving Brochure from Perkins CO.
AuthorH.H.Perkins Co.DescriptionFeatures detailed breakdowns of traditional weaving and restoration techniquesCall NumberTT199PublisherRead House and Gardens One Site, Many Stories
AuthorAnstine, MicheleDescriptionOverlooking the Delaware River in Historic New Castle, the 14,000-square-foot George Read II House & Gardens is preserved as a National Historic Landmark and a beacon of design inspiration. It was completed in 1804 for George Read II, son of one of Delawareís signers of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, with 2.5 acres of historic grounds developed between 1848 and the 1930s.Call NumberF161Discover the Winterthur Estate
AuthorEversmann, Pauline K.Call NumberNK460.W48 H4533 1998ISBN9780912724447Property from the Collection of The Henry Francis duPont Wintherthur Museum
AuthorSotheby Parke Bernet Inc.DescriptionThe paperback catalog is a list of the property ffrom the Collection of the Henry Francis duPont Winterthur Musem that was put on auction in April 1978. In the catalog are listed pieces that were in the Corbit Sharp House in Odessa 1978.Call NumberNK460Publisher
The Book and Paper Group Annual Volume Thirty-nine 2020
DescriptionPapers presented at the Book and Paper Group Annual Meeting 2020Call NumberZ700.9 .B66American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works January 2009Vol. 34, No. 1
DescriptionFurniture Forensics: Tool Marks As EvidenceCall NumberN8554 .A53aThe Well-Behaved Miss or Genteel Behavior for Young Females
AuthorDillon, Clarissa F.DescriptionDesigned as primer for young ladies emphasizing that a ladyís worth was tied to her conduct, and that her reputation could be ruined by a single lapse in mannersCall NumberE163The Chippendale Period in English Furniture
AuthorClouston, K. WarrenDescriptionManual of the period of English History containing Chippendale furniture. Illustrations are from the original books of design from national and private collections.Call NumberNK2529 .C5Publisher
Delaware Genealogical Research Guide
DescriptionInformation on the types of records availabe in Delaware, where they are kept and where they can be found.Call NumberF163.D349PublisherInsects and Diseases of Shade Trees and Shrubs: Spray Handbook Education Bulletin No. 82
AuthorFelt, Dr. E.P.Call NumberQK482Art Across Time : Volume II: The Fourteenth Century to the Present 2nd edition
AuthorAdams, Laurie SchneiderDescription2nd ed.Call NumberN5300 .A3PublisherISBN9780072450064A 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
The Repair of Cloth Bindings, A Manual
AuthorJohnson, Arthur W.DescriptionThis book describes the processes and materials used in repairing cloth bindings.Call NumberZ271.3.R45 J64 2002PublisherISBN9781584560708American Cookery, 1796
AuthorSimmons, AmeliaDescription1st edCall NumberTX703 .S5PublisherISBN9780915591008The 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 .B55PublisherAlderfer's Auction & Appraisal Fine Arts & Decorative Arts Auction September 10 & 11 2009
DescriptionFor over 25 years, Alderfer Auction has had a tradition of hosting Fine and Decorative Arts catalog auctions.† For these events, a color-illustrated, printed catalog is produced featuring items vetted from collections, institutions and estates from around the world and US. Alderfer Auction has developed a long-standing reputation for bringing some of the finest works of art of the Pennsylvania Impressionists to the market. These works of art, along with American and European works, are common findings in this venue.Call NumberNK1PublisherJohn W. McCoy, American Painter
AuthorMcCoy, Anna B.Descriptionllustrated with the author's own superb pen-and-ink illustrations and spectacular close-up photographs of moths found in the eastern U.S Catalog of an exhibition held at Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Me., June 17-Oct. 14, 2001, and Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, Del., Nov. 7, 2001-Feb. 25, 2002Call NumberND237.M411715PublisherISBN9780892725274
An American Pewter Collection: The Collection of Dr. Melvyn and Bette Wolf
AuthorWolf, Bette and MervinDescriptionProvides a quick and easy reference source for the collector; documents the largest and most comprehensive collection of American pewter ever assembled.Call NumberNK8412 .A44 2006PublisherISBN9780977905209
The Instruction for Johan Printz, Gov. of New Sweden, "the first constitution or supreme law of the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware;"
AuthorJohnson, AmandusDescriptionThis a well preserved blue leather covered book that was first translated by Israel Acrelius with two translations since. It covers the most interesting period of New Sweden under the Governship of Printz. It includes and index and noted that leather bouCall NumberF167 .J66PublisherThe Autobiography of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours 1739 1817
Authordu Pont, de Nemours, Pierre SCall NumberDC131.9.D85 A3413PublisherOld Drawyers Church: An Address Embracing the Early History of DE
AuthorFoot, Reverend GeorgeDescriptionOld Drawyers Church: An Address Embracing the Early History of DECall NumberF167 .F69PublisherJournal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 55, Number 1February 2016
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionLife Cycle Assessments of Loans and ExhibitionsMineral Spirits-Based MicroemulsionsVibration Mitigation and MonitoringEffects of Plant Dyes, Watercolors and Acrylic Paints on Colorfastness of Japanese Tissue PapersCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherA Visit to Old New Castle Our American Heritage A Guide to Historical Resources in Delaware
AuthorMiller, Estelle K.Call NumberF174Vanity and Elegance: An Exhibition of the Dressing Table and Tall Chest in America, 1685-1785
AuthorLevy, Bernard Levy, S. DeanDescriptionThe exhibition explored how the dressing table (often called a lowboy) and the tall chest of drawers (highboy) developed as matching or complementary furniture sets in colonial America. Tracing a century of craftsmanship from the late 17th century to the end of the 18th century, the exhibit documented regional style variations, intricate woodcarvings, and the rising emphasis on personal grooming and refined domestic interiorsCall NumberNK2400Publisher
