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History From The Heart: Quilt Paths Across Illinois
AuthorElbert, Duane E. & Elbert, Rachel KammCall NumberTT835 .E464 1993PublisherISBN9781558531550Baltimore Painted Furniture 1800 1840 Baltimore Museum of Art
AuthorVoss, William Elder, IIIDescriptionBaltimore Museum of ArtCall NumberNK2438.B3 E4PublisherISBN9780912298252Whatever Shall I Wear?: A Guide to Assembling an 18th C Woman's Wardrobe
AuthorRiley, Mara & Johnson, CathyDescriptionGuide for 18th-century reenactors, covering garments from the early century to the Federal period. It focuses on American colonial, middle-class clothing, offering guidance on materials, basic stitches, and garment constructionCall NumberGTPublisherHistoric Houses of Kent County: An Architectural History: 1642-1860
AuthorBourne, Michael OwenDescriptionLarge volume on Kent County history. Detailed architectural survey of individual historic houses in Kent County. Chapter on the African-American community in early Kent County. Martinet maps (1860) of Kent County. K-Files inventory. Index. Many photos of historic houses.Call NumberF176American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection Vol 8
AuthorHennage, Joseph H.DescriptionMasterpieces of American furnitureCall NumberNK805 .A64PublisherISBN9780918712073
American Album
AuthorJensen, Oliver Kerr, Joan Paterson Belsky, MurrayCall NumberE178.5 .J4PublisherAn Eighteenth Century Garland The Flower and Fruit Arrangements of Colonial Williamsburg
AuthorFisher, Louise B.DescriptionThe Flower and Fruit Arrangements of Colonial WilliamsburgCall NumberSB449 .F5PublisherPortraits USA 1776 1976
AuthorDickinson, Harold E.Call NumberE169Make Do's Curiously Repaired Antiques Exhibit
AuthorCarlquist, Jennifer, CuratorDescriptionBoscobel House and Gardensí a major exhibition focused on historic attempts to reduce, reuse, and recycle.Call NumberNK28The 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
Arundel Castle 21st edition
AuthorFreeman, Lady WinefrideDescriptionA short history of the castle.Call NumberDA690PublisherEighteenth-century of American arts;
AuthorHipkiss, Edwin J.Descriptionthe M. and M. Karolik collection of paintings, drawings, engravings, furniture, silver, needlework & incidental objects gathered to illustrate the achievements of American artists and craftsmen of the period from 1720Call NumberN520 .A73Publisher
Journal of the American Institute for ConservationFall/Winter 2010Volume 49, Number 2
AuthorDerrick, Michele, Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionUse and Identification of Tikumu (Celmisia Species, Asteraceae) in artivacts of New Zealand Origin.Natural Black Chalk in Traditional Old Master Drawings.Condition Problems Related to Zinc Oxide Underlayers: Examination of Selected Abstract ExpressioniCall NumberN8554 .A53aUncommon Fruits for Every Garden
AuthorReich, Lee Arlein, Vicki HerzfeldCall NumberSB355 .R45 2004PublisherISBN088192623XLift The Spirit
AuthorDillon, Clarissa F.DescriptionEnglish colonists drank various fermented beverages that varied depeding upon what was available inthe area.Call NumberTX705PublisherEarly American Decorative Arts 1620 1860 : A Handbook for Interpreters
AuthorKrill, Rosemary Troy with Eversmann, Pauline K.Call NumberNK806 .K75PublisherISBN9780740000000
Colonial Williamsburg: The Journal of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Spring 2006
DescriptionThe Foundation's Annual reportCall NumberF234.W7 C88PublisherLooms and Weaving
AuthorBenson, AnnaWarburton, NeilCall NumberTS1490 .B42 1986PublisherISBN9780852637531The Diligent Needle Instrument of Profit, Pleasure and Ornament
AuthorEaton, Linda, CuratorCall NumberTT753The Book and Paper Group Annual Volume Thirty-two 2013
DescriptionPapers presented at the Book and Paper Group Annual Meeting 2013Call NumberZ700.9 .B66Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 56, Number 2May 2017
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionThe Importance of Movement and Operation as Preventive Conservation for Heritage MachineryRehousing a 'Working Collection'Teaching Sustainable Collection CareImproving Reliability in Collection Condition SurveysInvestigation of Residual ContaminationCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherDelaware 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
Fanny Pierson Crane : Her Receipts 1796
AuthorHatrak, Amy; Mills, Frances; Shull, Elizabeth; Williams, SallyCall NumberTX715 .F195PublisherBayou Bend: The Interiors and the Gardens
AuthorWarren, David B.Call NumberN6505 .W3PublisherISBN9780890900000
Material life in America 1600-1860
AuthorSt. George, Robert Blair EditorDescriptionDefining material culture in its broadest sense by placing artifacts in the context of social relationships, the essays produce a rich and multifaceted portrait of early American life.Call NumberE161 .M36 1988PublisherISBN9781555530198
(ALHFM) Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums Index ot Annual Proceedings
Call NumberS548.4PublisherAmerican Spoons: Souvenir and Historical
AuthorRainwater, Dorothy & Felger, DonnaCall NumberNK7235 .R3 1990PublisherISBN9780887402661Layton's Legacy: A Historic Art Collection, 1888-2013
AuthorEastberg, John C. Vogel, EricDescriptionDraws on a recently discovered archive of Layton family papers, travel journals, and vintage photographs and on five years of extensive archival research in the United States and Great Britain.Call NumberN582.M5 A85PublisherISBN9780982381014
The Better Angels : Five Women Who Changed Civil War America
AuthorPlumb, Robert C.DescriptionAn account of 5 women who changed Civil War American.Call NumberE628 .P58 2020
The Care of Fine Books
AuthorGreenfield, JaneDescriptionThorough, readable guide to caring for books of value. From a discussion of the various techniques and materials used in bookbinding to advice on handling and storage.Call NumberZ701.3.F53 G73 2007PublisherISBN9781602390782Delaware Cabinetmakers and Allied Artisans 1655 1855
AuthorDorman, Charles G.Call NumberNK2500English Furniture & Georgian Silver, Rugs and Decorations: From the Estate of Albert C. Hencken
Call NumberNK1PublisherDelaware 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 .D37PublisherStretch America's First Family of Clockmakers
AuthorFerrimore, Donald L.Hohmann, Frank, L IIIDescriptionDefinitive history of the UK-born Stretch family of clock-makers who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1703 and played an influential role in the city's early clock-making, civic, and Quaker communities. and cultural contributions to the city.Call NumberNK7497.S77 F46 2013ISBN9780912724706
Treasures of America and Where to Find Them
DescriptionDescriptions and locations of America's most treasured houses, museums, gardens, buildings, monuments, historic sites and other fascinating places to visit.Call NumberG153Publisher
