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Wilmington, 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 L6Publisher(AASLH) American Association for State and Local History Dispatch
DescriptionIssues: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2010Call NumberE172PublisherWeaving A Handbook of the Fiber Arts
AuthorShirley E. HeldDescriptionWeaving is a basic introduction to the fiber arts. It is intended for those who have no experience in fiber and wish to explore this fascinating medium to a developed level of expression.Call NumberTT848 .H43 1978PublisherISBN30226910Corporate Capital: Wilmington in the Twentieth Century
AuthorHoffecker, Carol E.Call NumberJS1545.2 .H63†PublisherISBN087722305XThe Phillip Flayderman Collection of Historic American Furniture
DescriptionA comprehensive and prestigious record of one of the most significant collections of early American decorative arts ever assembled. This catalog showcases a vast array of high-quality furniture and artifacts, representing the pinnacle of colonial and federal-era craftsmanship. The work provides an in-depth look at rare and historic pieces, including furniture attributed to master craftsmen such as Paul Revere, Duncan Phyfe, and John Goddard.Call NumberNK406PublisherISBN9781025500812Collection of the Late Arthur J. Sussel Arts and Crafts of Pennsylvania and Other Notable Americans Vol. 1,2,3
AuthorParke Bernet GalleriesDescriptionVol. 1: 642 lots are described. Vol. 2: 729 lots are described. Vol. 3: 739 lots are described. Several lots in each part are illustrated.Call NumberNK1Publisher
Early American Ironware: Cast and Wrought
AuthorKauffman, Henry J.DescriptionTraces the development of practical and decorative iron and steel products in America from its beginnings in the early 17th century into the 19th century when machinery supplanted manual workCall NumberNK8212.A1 K3Publisher
Great Southern Mansions
AuthorStuart, Jozefa and Gatherings, WilsonCall NumberF206PublisherISBN9780802705761The Pennsylvania Barn: Its Origin, Evolution, and Distribution in North America (Creating the Norh American Landscape)
AuthorEnsminger, Robert F.DescriptionComprehensive study of an important piece of American vernacular architecture the forebay bank barn, better known as the Pennsylvania barn or the Pennsylvania German barn.Call NumberNA8230 .E5 1992PublisherISBN9780801843044
America's Arts and Skills by editors of Life Magazine
Call NumberNK805 .L44PublisherIf You Traveled on the Underground Railroad
AuthorLevine, EllenDescriptionIf You Lived... series answers all of kids' most important questions about events in American history.Call NumberE450 .W685PublisherISBN9781338788921King County and Its Emerald City: Seattle
AuthorWarren, James R.Call NumberF899.S457 W3698 1997PublisherISBN9780965475426Joy of Cooking
AuthorRombauer, Irma S.; Becker, Marion R. and Becker, EthanCall NumberTX715 .R75PublisherISBN9780684818702Colonial Home
AuthorKalman, Bobbie Crossingham, JohnDescriptionDescribes the homes, customs, and habits of seventeenth and eighteenth century North American settlersCall NumberE162 .K19897 2001PublisherISBN9780865054394Painting Materials: A Short Encyclopedia
AuthorGettens, Rutherford and Stout, George L.Call NumberND1500 .G4 1966PublisherISBN9780486215976American 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 .A53aOutdoor Sculpture in Wilmington
AuthorSilver, Robert T.Call NumberNBConservation 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 1977PublisherDelaware History Vol. XXIV 1990-1991
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareCall NumberF161 .D37ISBNxSurvey 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
Eighteenth Century Prints in Colonial America
AuthorDolmetsch, Joan D. (editor)Call NumberNE506 .E36PublisherISBN9780879350499American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works January 2013Vol. 38, No. 1
DescriptionSo Far Away From Me? Conservation and ArchaeologyCall NumberN8554 .A53aQuilted Together Women, Quilts & Communities
AuthorIce, JoyceNorrid, Linda EditorsDescriptionExhibit catalogCall NumberNK9101.D36 Q55 1989PublisherISBN9780962290305History of Odessa Address at Methodist Episcopal Church 11/18/01
AuthorLore, Chief JusticeCall NumberF174
Turkish Rugs The Washington Hajji Baba The Textile Museum
AuthorYohe, Ralph S. & Jones, H.McCoy (editors)DescriptionShowcasing rare, privately owned pieces, it remains a foundational moment for carpet scholarship.Call NumberNK2812PublisherMetalwork in Early America: copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection
AuthorFennimore, Donald L.DescriptionExplores the importance of these Copper and its alloys - brass, bronze, and paktong for early Americans, using the extensive collections at Winterthur.Call NumberNK8112 .H46 1996PublisherISBN9780912724379
The Pennsylvania Spice Box: Paneled Doors and Secret Drawers
AuthorGriffth, Lee EllenCall NumberNK2727 .G75 1986PublisherISBN9780929706030
Artists in Wilmington 1890 1940
DescriptionDelaware Art Museum exhibit Feb 3 to Apr 20 1980Call NumberN6535.W52 A77PublisherFolk Housing in Middle Virginia
AuthorGlassie, Henry H.Call NumberNA7235.V5 G55PublisherISBN9780870491733Middletown Odessa Townsend (Information & Services Booklet)
AuthorMiddletown, DE Chamber of CommerceCall NumberF174Canalling Along the DE and Hudson
AuthorGilchrist, AnnDescriptionHistory of the construction of the Delaware and Hudson Canal. Most of the text was taken from the author's earlier work Footsteps Across Cement.Call NumberHE396PublisherThe American Heritage Cookbook and Illustrated History of Eating and Drinking in America
AuthorMcCully, Helen, Noderer, Eleanor (editors)Call NumberTX705 .A65PublisherOld Southern Cookery Mary Randolph's Recipes adapted for today's kitchen
AuthorHendricks, Sue J & Hendricks, ChristopherCall NumberTX715.2.S68 H47PublisherISBN9781493049059
Delaware Discoveries Girlhood Embroidery 1750 1850
AuthorAllen, Gloria Seaman Steinhoff, Cynthia ShankCall NumberNK9112 .A44 2019PublisherISBN9780692154083Caring for Your Cherished Objects The Winterthur Guide
AuthorGardiner, JoyIrving, Joan EditorsCall NumberNK1127.5ISBN9781538162965Domestic Manners of the Americans
AuthorTrollope, FrancesDescriptionFirst published in 1839Call NumberE165 .T84 1984PublisherISBN9780192814647Discover the Winterthur Estate
AuthorEversmann, Pauline K.Call NumberNK460.W48 H4533 1998ISBN9780912724447English Artists' s' paper : Renaissance to Regency
AuthorKrill, JohnDescriptionAn overview of the types of paper available to artists from the late sixteenth to the early nineteenth centuries.Call NumberNC847 .K75PublisherISBN158456055X
