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Insects and Diseases of Shade Trees and Shrubs: Spray Handbook Education Bulletin No. 82
AuthorFelt, Dr. E.P.Call NumberQK482Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Art
DescriptionThe Timeline of art history is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.Call NumberN5300PublisherDelaware, A History of the First State Vol II
AuthorReedCall NumberF161Jacob Alricks & His Nephew Peter Alricks
AuthorPrice, Edward A.DescriptionThis small paperback pamphlet style book contains biographical and historical information about Peter Aldricks and his nephew and their role in the exploration of New Netherland in the early 17th century.Call NumberF161 .D35PublisherThe Restoration of Leather Bindings
AuthorMiddleton, Bernard C.Call NumberZ271 .M53 2004PublisherISBN9780838903919
Vasari on Technique
AuthorVasari, GiorgioDescription†being the introduction to the three arts of design, architecture, sculpture and painting, prefixed to the Lives of the most excellent painters, sculptors, and architects.Call NumberN7420 .V3PublisherTextile Styles Linen, Cotton, Wool & Silk Classic Colonial Fabrics and Fashions in 18th Century Style
DescriptionProgram for exhibit at Wilson Warner HouseCall NumberGT507Reading Architecture: A Visual Lexicon
AuthorHopkins, OwenDescriptionA visual guide to the buildings that surround us, naming all the visible architectural features; an original and accessible take on the architectural dictionary.Call NumberNA2840 .H675PublisherISBN9781529420340
American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works November 2012Vol. 37, No. 6
DescriptionThe Preservation and Conservation of Electronic Music: Beats, Bits, and BytesCall NumberN8554 .A53aFamiliar Relations: The du Ponts and the University of Delaware
AuthorHoffecker, CarolCall NumberLD1482.65.D82 H64PublisherISBN9780965684811Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 59, Issue 3-4 2020
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionSpecial Issue on Salted Paper PrintsCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherAmerican Furniture 1993
AuthorBeckerdite, Luke EditorDescriptionPresents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by the foremost scholars in the field.
Call NumberNK2405 .A6Publisher
The Compleat Housewife or Accomplished Gentlewoman's Companion Facsimile ed.
AuthorSmith, E.DescriptionFacsimile edCall NumberTX705 .S53x†PublisherThe Care and Display of Historic Clothing
AuthorDePauw, Karen M.DescriptionThis book seeks to put the collection before ego and share the knowledge gained through years of education, training, and practical work in museums, so that costume collections of all sizes can be cared for and preserved for future generations.Call NumberNK4704.5 .D47 2017PublisherISBN9781538105924All About Antiquing and Restoring Furniture 1982 edition
AuthorBerger, RobertDescription1982 editionCall NumberTT199 .B47PublisherISBN051738552XEye for Excellence: Masterworks from Winterthur
AuthorFennimore, Donald L.DescriptionFeatures the best of the museum's collection according to its own curators. Offers a rare opportunity to understand how the curators at Winterthur view the objects in their care.Call NumberNK460.W48 H4545 1994PublisherISBN9780912724263
American Cookery, 1796
AuthorSimmons, AmeliaDescription1st edCall NumberTX703 .S5PublisherISBN9780915591008H. Rodney Sharp 1880 1968: Biographical Notes Marking the 100th Anniversary of his Birth
AuthorRaley, Robert L.Call NumberCT3200Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 60, Issue 1 2021
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionPreservation of Coastal Alaskan Native WatercraftInvestigation into applicability of Micro-RTITechnical Study of Paintings by Felrath HinesFinding logic within integrated circuitsCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherWorld of Washi Newsletter
AuthorKatayama, HiromiYona, EditorsDescriptionHPI 25th Anniversary Special EditionCall NumberTS1130PublisherDelaware Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers Volume 2 Delaware Marriages and Deaths from the Delaware Gazette 1854-59, 1861-64.
AuthorRichards, Mary F. & Richards, John C.DescriptionThis information about the marriages and deaths from the Delaware Gazette 1854 -59, 1861 -64 s a special publication from the Delaware Genealogical Society Abstracts form Newspapers Volume 2.Call NumberF163 .R53 1996PublisherISBN897252799The Late Georgian Period 1760 1810 The Connoisseur Period Guides to the Houses of the Classic Periods
AuthorEdwards, Ralph and Ramsey, L. G. G.Call NumberNA7328Selections from the Collection of Francis P. Garvan Sales Catalog Furniture and Silver by American Master Craftsmen of Colonial and Early Federal Times
AuthorAnderson GalleriesDescriptionThe 1931 sales catalog "Selections from the Collection of Francis P. Garvan: Furniture and Silver by American Master Craftsmen of Colonial and Early Federal Times" documents a significant auction held by the American Art Association / Anderson Galleries in New York on January 8ñ10. It features premier 17thñ19th century American decorative arts, including pieces now recognized as masterpieces now in the Yale University Art Gallery.Call NumberNK1Publisher
The Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques CLOCKS
AuthorShaffer, Douglas H.Call NumberTS540The Care of Prints and Drawings
AuthorEllis, Margaret HolbenDescriptionPractical, straightforward advice to those responsible for the care of prints and drawings, works of art traditionally made on paper or parchment.Call NumberNE380 .E45 1995PublisherISBN9780761991366Technological Innovations and the Decorative Arts
AuthorEarl, Polly Ann Quimby, Ian M. G. (editor)Call NumberT19 .W77PublisherISBN9780813905693
Wynkyn de Worde Father of Fleet Street
AuthorMoran, JamesDescriptionone of the most important early printers in England, widely regarded as the father of Fleet Street for being the first to set up a printing business in Londonís Fleet Street around 1500Call NumberZ232.W87 M6PublisherISBN9780853313885Maine Antique Digest The Americana Chronicles
AuthorSolis Cohen, Lita (editor)DescriptionMaine Antique Digest is the publication of record for the antiques market in America. Now this venerable publication, based in Waldoboro, Maine, has opened its archives to reveal the greatest stories to fill its pages in 30 years: the fascinating personalities, amazing discoveries, major sales, auction dramas, and staggering scandals that have defined the 20 billion-a-year antiques industry. It covers the years 1973 through 2003.Call NumberNK28PublisherISBN9780762418961
The Delaware & Hudson Canal, A History
AuthorLeRoy, Edwin D.DescriptionDelaware and Hudson Canal HistoryCall NumberHE396.D25 L4PublisherTax Assessments of New Castle County DE 1816-1817
AuthorAckerman, Karen M.DescriptionAn oversized book that contains abstracts made from microfilm copies of the original Assessment Books held at the Hall of Records in Dover, DE. Index is divided into 3 sections to assist research: Freepersons ( including free blacks), Slaves/Indentures,Call NumberF172.N5 A25 1986PublisherSilversmiths of Delaware, 1700-1850
AuthorHistorical Society of Delaware, Ruthanna HindesCall NumberNK7112 .H26Delaware History Vol. XXVI Index 1994-95
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareCall NumberF161 .D37PublisherA Social History of the American Family Vol I Colonial Period
AuthorCalhoun, Arthur W.DescriptionA Classic study of sexual codes, marriage traditions, and family roles and statuw. The Family as an economic, educational, moral, and spiritual institution. The relation of the famil to the state, industry and society. Originally published 1917Call NumberHQ535 .C23PublisherISBN0679733760Houses of the Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America and the Way They Lived
AuthorHoward, HughStraus III, RogerDescriptionExamines the everyday lives of the Founding Fathers through an eye-opening tour of forty stately eighteenth-century houses.Call NumberE176 .H866 2007PublisherISBN9781579652753
Winterthur: The foremost Museum of American Furniture and Decorative Arts
AuthorCantor, Jay E.DescriptionTraces the history of the Delaware mansion now used as a museum and describes its invaluable collection.Call NumberNK460PublisherISBN9780810917859
Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 57, Number 1-2February May 2018
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionConservation of ancient graffitti at El Kurru SudanApproaches to treatment and preservation of Egyptian limestone funerary stelaeConservation of a Helen Frankenthaler maquette for CardDoes argon anoxia cause a color change in Prussian blue pigmentPriCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherDictionary of Fashion History
AuthorCumming, Valerie, Cunnington, C.W. , Cunnington, P. E.DescriptionA Dictionary of English Costume by C. Willett Cunnington. Phillis Cunnington and Charles Beard was originally published in 1960. A monumental achievement and encyclopaedic In scope, it was a comprehensive catalogue of fashion terms from the mid-medieval period up to 1900. It was reissued and updated several times, for the last time in 1976. For decades it has served as a bible for costume historians. The Dictionary of Fashion History completely updates and supplements the Cunningtons' landmark work to bring it up to the present day. Featuring additional terms and revised definitions, this new edition represents an essential reference for costume historians, students of fashion history, or anyone involved in creating period costume for the theatre, film or television.Call NumberGT507.C79 2010PublisherISBN9781847885333
Sotheby's Caring For Antiques, The Complete Guide to Handling, Cleaning, Display and Restoration
AuthorSimpson, Mette Tang Huntley, Michael EditorsDescriptionAccessible advice on the precautions to be taken when handling, cleaning, storing and displaying antiques including detailed instructions on how to recognize conditions that may require attention.Call NumberNK1127.5 .S67 1992PublisherISBN9780671751050The Golden Age of American Gardens :Proud Owners Private Estates 1890 1940
AuthorGriswold, Mac and Weller, EleanorDescriptionProud Owners Private Estates 1890 1940Call NumberSB466.U6 G75PublisherISBN9780810933583
