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Read 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 NumberF161The Glorious House Stenton Furnishing Stenton: Quaker Grandeur in Philadelphia
AuthorKeim, Laura StutmanCall NumberF158.8.S7
Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 55, Number 2May 2016
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionFerrous Attractions: The Science Behind the Conservation Use of Rare-Earth MetalsDevelopment of Contact Portable Microfade Tester to Assess Light Sensitivity of Collection ItemsFluorescence Fails: Analysis of UVA induced Visible FluorescenceCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherAll I Have Seen: The McKinstry Memoirs (5th Bishop of DE)
AuthorMcKinstry, Rt.Rev. Arthur K.Call NumberBX5995.M32 A34PublisherISBN9780914988021Homage to Amanda : Two Hundred Years of American Quilts
AuthorBinney, Edwin 3rd & Winslow, Gail BinneyCall NumberNK9112 .B52 1994PublisherISBN9781558532687An Edible History of Humanity
AuthorStandage, TomDescriptionA journey through the uses of food that have helped to shape and transform societies around the world, from prehistory to the present. Drawing on genetics, archaeology, anthropology, ethno-botany and economics, the story of these gastronomic revolutions is a deeply satisfying account of the whole of human history.
Call NumberGT2850 .S73 2009PublisherISBN9780802715883Country Cabinetwork and Simple City Furniture
AuthorMorse, John D. (editor)DescriptionPublished for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Del.Call NumberNK2406 .W53†PublisherISBN9780813902982Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 59, Issue 3-4 2020
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionSpecial Issue on Salted Paper PrintsCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherWorld of Washi Newsletter
AuthorKatayama, HiromiYona, EditorsDescriptionHPI 25th Anniversary Special EditionCall NumberTS1130PublisherThe Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine "Hannas Town" : The Historical and Archaelogical Record 1770 1806
AuthorRichardson, James B. & Wilson, KirkeCall NumberF146 .W52Delaware The First State
Call NumberF165.F57Collection 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
The Connoisseur's Complete Period Guides to the Houses, Decoration, Furnishing and Chattels of the Classic Periods
AuthorEdwards, Ralph and Ramsey L. G. G. editorsDescriptionCovers the Tudor-Stuart, Early Georgian, Late Georgian-Regency and Early Victorian periods.Call NumberNK928 .C63Publisher
Lift The Spirit
AuthorDillon, Clarissa F.DescriptionEnglish colonists drank various fermented beverages that varied depeding upon what was available inthe area.Call NumberTX705PublisherHistory of Odessa Address at Methodist Episcopal Church 11/18/01
AuthorLore, Chief JusticeCall NumberF174
The Egyptian Revival Its Sources, Monuments, and Meaning 1808 1858
AuthorCarrott, Richard G.Descriptionits sources, monuments, and meaning, 1808-1858Call NumberNA710.5E48 C37PublisherISBN9780520033245Nineteenth Century Applique Quilts
AuthorBlum, Dilys & Lindsey, Jack L.Call NumberNK9112American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection Vol 5
AuthorHennage, Joseph H.DescriptionBrochure 26 to 29Call NumberNK805 .A64Publisher
Archival Products News Volume 15 No. 2 2008
DescriptionThe Kansas Aerial Photography Initiative (KAPI).Spiral Book Binders - Variations on a Solution.Call NumberZ700PublisherAmerican Furniture 2018
AuthorBeckerdite, Luke EditorDescriptionThis book is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to advancing knowledge of furniture made or used in the Americas from the 17th century to the present. Authors submit articles on any aspect of furniture history, essays, transcript reproductions, etc. It includes book reviews, bibliography and index.Call NumberNK2405 .A6PublisherISBN9780986385742
Rock Ford Coloring Book
AuthorTaylor, Florence StarrDescriptionThe lovely country home of Major General Hand.Call NumberGV1218The Printed Picture
AuthorBenson, RichardDescriptionRelief printing : woodcut, metal type, and wood engraving -- Intaglio and planographic printing : engraving, etching, mezzotint, and lithography -- Color printing : hand coloring and multiple-impression color -- Bits and pieces : modern art prints, oddities, and photographic precursors -- Early photography in silver : daguerreotypes, early silver paper processes and tintypes -- Non-silver processes : carbon, blueprint, platinum, and a couple of others -- Modern photographyCall NumberN5300 .B54 2008PublisherISBN9780870707216Maryland's African-American Heritage Travel Guide
Call NumberE441PublisherEnglish Furniture, 1660-1714: from Charles II to Queen Anne
AuthorBowett, AdamDescriptionDescribes the development of fashionable English furniture between the restoration of Charles II in 1660 and the death of Queen Anne in 1714.Call NumberNK2528 .B685 2002PublisherISBN9781851493999
Delaware History Vol. XXXIV, No. 3 2015-16
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionVolume 34, No.3 has one article: "A Civil War Miniature House: The McComb House as National Emblem".Call NumberF161 .D37The Magazine Antiques Index 1952-1971
DescriptionBound copies of Indices 1952-1971
Call NumberNK1125 .A3Publisher
Introduction to the Decorative Arts in America to 1850
DescriptionCourse Manual Summer Institute Winterthur MuseumCall NumberNK1Revolutionary Medicine 1700-1800
AuthorWilbur, C. Keith MDDescriptionIn 1775 less than 12 percent of the colonies' practicing physicians held a medical degree. And those few awarded one had graduated without ever seeing a patient. Here are their struggles, their strategies, their odd treatments, and their theories.Call NumberE283 .W54 1997PublisherISBN9780762701391A Christmas Carol Christmas Book
AuthorHallinan, Tim | James, David (photography)All About Antiquing and Restoring Furniture 1982 edition
AuthorBerger, RobertDescription1982 editionCall NumberTT199 .B47PublisherISBN051738552XDecorative Arts of the Amish of Lancaster County
AuthorMcCauley, Daniel and KathrynCall NumberNK835.P4 M38PublisherISBN9780934672665Preliminary guide to the Research Materials of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commision
Call NumberAMPhiladelphia Places on Paper: Selections from the Eli P. Zebooker Collection
AuthorLaverty, Bruce & Kuykendall, ErinCall NumberF158
