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The Delaware Antiques Show
DescriptionEditions: 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975,1984, 1985, 2014Call NumberNK805 .D45aPrimer for Preservation: A Handbook for Historic Housekeeping
AuthorRath, Frederick L., Jr.Call NumberN8554Ancient Families of Bohemia Manor, their homes and their graves
AuthorMallery, Rev. Charles PaysonDescriptionBrief summaries of 7 ancient familes of Bohemia Manor with alphabetical index in last 2 pages.Call NumberF161 .D35PublisherChair Seat Weaving for Antique Chairs
AuthorSober, Marion BurrDescriptionDetailed, step-by-step instructions on traditional methods of hand-caning, pre-woven cane webbing, paper or natural rush, and flat reed splint.Call NumberTT199PublisherISBN9780938849001The Morse Libby Mansion: A Report on Restoration Work 1973 1977
AuthorPhillips, Morgan W.Call NumberNA7238.P57 P46A Visit to Old New Castle Our American Heritage A Guide to Historical Resources in Delaware
AuthorMiller, Estelle K.Call NumberF174Harvesting Color: How to Find Plants and Make Natural Dyes
AuthorBirgess, RebeccaDescriptionBeautiful natural dyes from plants found in the wild or grown in your own backyard.Call NumberSB285PublisherISBN9781579654252Bruton Parish Church A Brief History With a Map and Key List of Tombstones in the Church and Yard
Call NumberP234.W7 B7PublisherSeeking the Historical Cook Exploring Eighteenth-Century Southern Foodways
AuthorMoss, Kay K. Gillette, Mrs. F. L.DescriptionServes up authentic recipes combined withyears of in-depth research into period cooking methodology, seasoning it with sizable helpings of her infectious enthusiasm.Call NumberTX715.2.S68 M678 2013PublisherISBN9781611172591
The Book and Paper Group Annual Volume Thirty-seven 2018
DescriptionPapers presented at the Book and Paper Group Annual Meeting 2018Call NumberZ700.9 .B66The Kindig Collection of Important American furniture, Paintings, Silver & Decorative Arts
AuthorSotheby'sDescriptionone of the most distinguished assemblages of early American antiques, built over a century by the renowned Joe Kindig Jr. and his descendantsCall NumberNK1Publisher
Early Building and Historic Artifacts in Tidewater Maryland: The Eastern Shore
AuthorForeman, Henry ChandleeDescriptionThe Medieval traditions of building in Britain were carried over to Maryland settlements in the 17th Century and are still visible today. A compilation of history, genealogy and architecture.Call NumberF176ISBN9780938420651
Archival Products News Volume 15 No. 2 2008
DescriptionThe Kansas Aerial Photography Initiative (KAPI).Spiral Book Binders - Variations on a Solution.Call NumberZ700PublisherRecipes from the Personal Cookbook of Thomas Jefferson
DescriptionHis personal collection, preserved by his family and the Library of Congress, features both European sophistication and plantation-style Virginia comfortCall NumberTX715Delaware on the Underground Railroad: a record of facts, authentic narratives, etc.
AuthorBurdick, KimCall NumberE450Elizabeth's London
AuthorPicard, LisaDescriptionThis picture of the London of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603) is the result of Liza Picard's curiosity about the practical details of daily life that almost every history book ignores.Call NumberDA680 .P53PublisherISBN9780312325657
A History of Lithography[translated from the German]
AuthorWeber, WihelmDescriptionTranslation of Saxa loquunturCall NumberNE2295 .W413PublisherLine and Berry Furniture: A Regional Craft Tradition in Pennsylvania, 1782-1790 Dissertation
AuthorGriffth, Lee EllenDescription"Line and berry inlay was a form of surface decoration used on furniture forms throughout the eighteenth century in Pennsylvania. It consisted of patterns of intersecting arcs of inlay laid out with a compass, often terminating in circular patches of inlay, or berries, and related types of inlay, such as herringbone bordering.Call NumberNK2400Publisher
American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works March 2013Vol. 38, No. 2
DescriptionChoreography and Team Treatments: Three (Very) Oversized TextilesCall NumberN8554 .A53aAmerican Album
AuthorJensen, Oliver Kerr, Joan Paterson Belsky, MurrayCall NumberE178.5 .J4PublisherDelaware Historic Events : a compilation of articles and addresses
AuthorCooch, Edward W.DescriptionThis book a comipilation of articles and addresses of the historic events in Delaware History referencing information concerning the Battle of Cooch's Bridge.Call NumberF164 .C78PublisherHandcraft to Industry: Philadelphia Ceramics in the First Half of the 19th Century
AuthorMyers, SusanDescriptionPhiladelphia Ceramics in the First Half of the 19th CenturyCall NumberHD9611.8.P48 M9PublisherCustoms and Traditions
AuthorKalman, Bobbie Everts, TammyDescriptionExamines the customs and traditions of nineteenth-century North American communitiesCall NumberE39 .K35 1994PublisherISBN9780865055155The Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques CLOCKS
AuthorShaffer, Douglas H.Call NumberTS540The Diligent Needle: Instrument of Profit, Pleasure and Ornament
AuthorEaton, Linda CuratorDescriptionCatalog of exhibition that highlights the historical significance of needlework in womenís lives, showcasing its roles in education, economic opportunity, and artistic expression.Call NumberNK9212The Care and Repair of Antiques
AuthorRH Value PublishingDescriptionInformation necessary to repair wooden and upholstered furniture, china and ceramics, rugs and carpets, and antique metalwareCall NumberNK2400PublisherISBN051700190X
Furniture and Its Makers of Chester County, Pennsylvania
AuthorSchiffer, Margaret BerwindCall NumberNK2435.P4 S3PublisherColonial Delaware Records 1681-1713
AuthorBendler, Bruce A.DescriptionColonial Delaware Records 1681-1713Call NumberF163 .B46 1992PublisherStone Houses: Traditional Homes of Pennsylvania's Bucks County and Brandywine Valley
AuthorGross, Geoffrey Ritchie, Margaret ByeHuber, Gregory D.Milner, John D.DescriptionBeloved building traditions in one of the most charming and historically significant regions in the nation. Houses, barns, and outbuildings dating from the colonial and Federal periods.Call NumberNA7170 .R53PublisherISBN9780847826872
John 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
Between the Nanticoke and the Choptank: An Architectural History of Dorchester County, Maryland
AuthorWeeks, Christopher editorDescriptionRelates three centuries of life and building including 640 site descriptions, notable residents and the architectural heritage of towns.Call NumberNA730.M32 D63 1984PublisherISBN9780801830457
Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 59, Issue 1 2020
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionThe use of Chelators and Enzymes to Reduce Foxing StainsSharing Conservation Imaging Research with the PublicMechanical characterization of a cross sectional TiO2 acrylic-based paint by nano-indentationThe breathability of PET to water vapor: ThicknesCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherThreatened Resources Documented in Delaware, 1996 97
AuthorSiders, Rebecca; Melson, Dawn; van dan Hurk, J.Call NumberNADelaware History Vol. XXXIII No. 2 2010
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionVolume 33, No.2 contains two articles: 1. "Bookies, Bawdy Houses, and Chief Black: Vice in Wilmington in the 1930s"; 2. " The Great Compromise : James Bayard and the Election of 1800".Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherDelaware 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
Descendants of Elias Naudain, The Huguenot, Beginning 1655
AuthorNaudain, Warner WoodwardCall NumberCT3200Chester County Clocks & Their Makers
AuthorJames, Arthur E.DescriptionThe early clockmakers of Chester County, Pennsylvania gave the traditional designs of the era a unique and beautiful regional interpretation. This classic work explores the clocks and their makers, preserving their heritage for the ages.Call NumberTS543.U6 J3Publisher
The Davenport House Savannah, GA
Call NumberLC-J7-GA- 1178Money, Manure & Maintenance ingred. for successful gardens of Marian Coffin, Pioneer Landscape Architect 1876 1957
AuthorFleming, NancyDescriptionIngredients for successful gardens of Marian Coffin, pioneer landscape architect, 1876-1957Call NumberSB470.C64 F54†PublisherISBN9780964300309
