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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 M6PublisherISBN9780853313885North Devon Pottery and Its Export to American in the 17th Century
AuthorWatkins, C. MalcomCall NumberNK4087American Furniture of The Colonial Period
AuthorSchwartz, Marvin D.DescriptionDefines the scope and variety of colonial furniture within the four principal styles of Pilgrim, William, and Mary, Queen Anne, and Chippendale.Call NumberNK2406 .N37 1976PublisherISBN9780870991493
American Frontier Life Early Western Painting and Prints
AuthorAxelrod, Alan (editor)Call NumberN8214.5.U6 A44 1987PublisherISBN9780896596917The Book and Paper Group Annual Volume Thirty-two 2013
DescriptionPapers presented at the Book and Paper Group Annual Meeting 2013Call NumberZ700.9 .B66American Art from American Collections
AuthorBiddle, JamesDescriptionExhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 6 to April 28, 1963.Call NumberN6507 .N4Publisher
Ludwig Bemelmans
AuthorEastman, Jackie FisherCall NumberPS3503.E475 Z65PublisherISBN9780805745351Philadelphians and the China Trade 1784 1844
AuthorLee, Jean GordonCall NumberN7343.5 .L43 1984PublisherISBN087633060XThe Lipton Collection: Antique English Silver Designed for Serving Tea
AuthorThomas J. Lipton, IncDescriptionA review of different styles of teapots and tea caddies in the Lipton Tea Company's collection of antique English silver relating to tea drinking.Call NumberNK7143 .D3PublisherAmerican Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works January 2013Vol. 38, No. 1
DescriptionSo Far Away From Me? Conservation and ArchaeologyCall NumberN8554 .A53aDelaware History Vol. XXVII, No. 1-2, 1996-7
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionThis book contains Nos.1-2 and has 5 articles: 1. "Introduction"; 2. "Be Loyal to Your Industry": Frank gordy, Jr., the Cooperative Extension Service, and the Making of a Business Community in the Delmarva Poultry Industry, 1945-1970"; 3. "Evangelist PeCall NumberF161 .D37PublisherHenry Benbridge, Charleston Portrait Painter (1743 -1812)
AuthorMack, Angela Exhibit CuratorDescriptionThe goal of this exhibition is two-fold: to bring the work of Henry Benbridge into clearer focus, and to reinforce and understanding of Charleston's role in the artistic legacy of this nation.Call NumberND1329.B45Publisher
Artist's Techniques and Materials (A Guide to Imagery)
AuthorFuga, AntonellaDescriptionLatest volume in the popular Guide to Imagery series discusses the materials and processes used in eight media: painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, mosaics, ceramics, glass, and metalwork. Within each of these categories, Antonella Fuga examines the range of materials and techniques that have developed over the centuries.Call NumberND1470PublisherISBN9780892368600The Contemplative Art of Illuminated Manuscripts Art Conservator Vol 17
AuthorPrestowitz, BrookDescriptionIlluminated manuscripts are historically significant handwritten books from the Middle Ages and Renaissance that are richly decorated with radiant colors, metallic gold, and silver leaf.
Call NumberND3310
A History of Union Lodge #5 A.F. & A.M. For the 250th Anniversary of Its Original Charter June 2015
AuthorLaing, Gary L.Call NumberF174The American Horticultural Society A Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants
AuthorBrickell, Christopher & Zuk, Judith D. EditorsCall NumberSB403.2 .A45PublisherISBN9780789419439With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the CT River Valley, 1740 1840
AuthorHuber, Carol and Stephen; Schoelwer & LansingCall NumberNK9212 .W57 2011PublisherISBN9780819572295English 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
A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiquarian Society of the Art Institute of Chicago
AuthorNaeve, MiloRoberts, Lynn SpringerCall NumberNK805 .A78 1986ISBN9780865590694
Delaware Conservationist. " The American Holly, State Tree of Delaware.: Winter issue
Call NumberSH11 .D35Journal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 57, Number 3August 2018
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionPerformance evaluation of commercial nanolime The use of paper in objects conservationColorimetric sensor arraysCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherDelaware Genealogical Society Journal Vol 10 #1 April 1999
AuthorDelaware Genealogical SocietyDescriptionEditions: 1991-2004 Original source material for Delaware genealogy and family history research available to researchers. Records include church, cemetery, land, census, and vital records, along with papers reflecting original research into Delaware families and local historyCall NumberCS42 .D44PublisherThe Backcountry Housewife A Study of Eighteenth-Century Foods
AuthorMoss, Kay Hoffman, Kathryn Gillette, Mrs. F. L.DescriptionMore than a cookbook this is full of history, folklore, and eighteenth century gossip drawn primarily from 18th century sources.Call NumberTX7 .M67
Quilt Treasures of Great Britain: The Heritage Search of the Quilter's Guild
AuthorCripps, DavidCall NumberNK9143.A1 Q55 1995PublisherISBN9781558533844Early Family Home
AuthorKalman, BobbieDescriptionDescribes the life of early settlers, including the construction of a home, the clearing of land, folk medicine, candle making, quilting bees, weaving, and wedding partiesCall NumberE40 .K35 1992PublisherISBN9780865050167Book Sewings By Hand
AuthorHorton, Richard W.DescriptionDemonstrates how to perform a wide array of book sewing methods. The short, well-illustrated instructions have been honed through countless workshops over the years. This volume can serve both as an instruction guide for new binders and a ready-reference work for those more experienced.Call NumberZ700PublisherISBN9781598382303Insects and Diseases of Shade Trees and Shrubs: Spray Handbook Education Bulletin No. 82
AuthorFelt, Dr. E.P.Call NumberQK482Colonial Silver in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AuthorSafford, Frances GruberDescriptiondocuments how colonial silversmiths developed a distinctive tradition of their own, producing work that was both practical and artistically refined.Call NumberNK7112Publisher
Some Pennsylvania Wainscot Chairs
AuthorGriffth, Lee EllenDescriptionPennsylvania wainscot chairs (primarily originating from Chester County and Philadelphia) are rare, early 18th-century joined armchairs. They uniquely blend English, Welsh, and Germanic woodworking styles. They are highly prized in antique collections for their broad proportions, scalloped crest rails, and arched back panelsCall NumberNK2400Publisher
The FOUNDING FOODIES How Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin Revolutionized American Cuisine
AuthorDeWitt, DavidDescriptionThis book with information on the influence of our three of our Founder Fathers on American cuisine contains 235 pages of recipes and information that include a section on the location of recommended historic sites and restaurants. The first six chapters deal with the Founder Fathers' influence regarding cuisine and the seventh is entitled, "Recreating the Recipes of the Founding Fathers.Call NumberTX703 .D49 2010PublisherISBN9781402217869American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art II Late Colonial Period: Queen Anne &
AuthorHeckscher, Morrison H.DescriptionLate colonial period, The Queen Anne and Chippendale stylesCall NumberNK2405 .M47†PublisherISBN9780870994272
The Larder Invaded: Reflections on Three Centuries of Philadelphia Food & Drink
AuthorHines, Mary AnneMarshall, GordonWeaver, Wilson WoysDescriptionCompanion the exhibition held at the Library Company of Philadelphia on three hundred years of dining in Philadelphia.Call NumberTX633 .H56PublisherISBN9780914076704
Antiques: Chronology of Crafts Reprint from Antiques Treasury of Furniture and other Decorative Arts
AuthorComstock, HelenCall NumberNK806 .A57The Model Architect: A Series of Original Designs for Cottages, Villas, etc. Vol.1, 2
AuthorSloan, SamuelDescriptionSloan, Samuel. The model architect: A series of original designs for cottages, villas, suburban residencesCall NumberNA7207.S6PublisherISBN9780306707469Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdote, and incidents of the city and inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the Inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders, intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes of manners and customs, and the city and country in their local changes and improvements Vol I, II, III
AuthorWatson, John FanningDescriptionThis 163 year old book, originally bound in brown embossed paper over a hard cardboard is an excellent resource for information on mid-nineteenth century Philadelphia. It contains black and white reproductions of famous painting of historical events in the founding of the city. It has an extensive section of appendices on miscellaneous topics that could be of interest to reader of the city's history or a local historian.Call NumberF158.3 .W595Publisher
Furniture Treasury (Mostly of American Origin) Two Volumes in One Unabridged
AuthorNutting, WallaceDescriptionAll periods of American furniture with some foreign examples in America; also American hardware and household utensils.Call NumberNK2406 .N732Publisher
Early American Dress: The Colonial and Revolutionary Period
AuthorWarwick, Edward Pitz, Henry C. Wyckoff, AlexanderCall NumberGT605 .H64Publisher
American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works May 2012Vol. 37, No. 3
DescriptionBPG Discussion Groups: That was Then, This is NowCall NumberN8554 .A53aDelftware: Faience Production at Delft
AuthorFourest, Henri-PierreDescriptionTranslation of La faÔences de DelftCall NumberNK4295 .F613PublisherISBN9780847803224
