Historic New England

The brave escape of Edith Wharton :a biography /by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge.

184 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm., This book examines the life and career of the American author, Edith Wharton.

Date: 2010.

Creators: Wooldridge, Connie Nordhielm.

GUSN: 291017

Call Number: 85M Stacks PS3545.H16 Z943 2010

The finest rooms in America :fifty influential interiors from the eighteenth century to the present /Thomas Jayne with Anne Walker.

207 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm., "The book brings together a cross section of houses and apartments representing a diverse range of American periods and styles. Starting with Mount Vernon and Monticello, the presentation continues with important extant rooms from the eithteenth and nineteenth centuries ...

Date: 2010.

Creators: Jayne, Thomas. Walker, Anne.

GUSN: 291018

Call Number: Stacks NK2002.J39 2010

Twilight at Conner Prairie :the creation, betrayal, and rescue of a museum /Berkley W. Duck III.

xiii, 220 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Date: c2011.

Creators: Duck, Berkley W., 1938-

GUSN: 291019

Call Number: Stacks F523.D83 2011

McCoy 2008 :a celebration of the Presidential button from 1840 to 2008.

221 p. : col. ill. ; 15 x 15 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Sappi Fine Paper North America.

GUSN: 291020

Call Number: Stacks E183.3.M35 2007

The Boston jazz chronicles :faces, places, and nightlife, 1937-1962 /Richard Vacca.

xvi, 335 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Date: 2012.

Creators: Vacca, Richard.

GUSN: 291021

Call Number: Stacks ML3508.8.B67 V33 2012

Brooklyn's Plymouth Church in the Civil War era :a ministry of freedom /Frank Decker assisted by Lois Rosebrooks.

156 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm, "Discover the fascinating story of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn and its unique place in Civil War history"-- Provided by publisher., "The history of the Plymouth Church of Brooklyn before, during, and after the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.

Creators: Decker, Francis K.

GUSN: 291022

Call Number: Stacks BX7255.B8 D43 2013

Wearable prints, 1760-1860 :history, materials, and mechanics /Susan W. Greene.

xv, 568 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Creators: Greene, Susan W., 1942-

GUSN: 291023

Call Number: 85M Stacks TS1767.G74 2014

Why the turkey didn't fly /by Paul Aron.

93 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Creators: Aron, Paul, 1956- Colonial Williamsburg Foundation,

GUSN: 291024

Call Number: Stacks JC346.A76 2013

Historic house museums as witnesses of national and local identities :acts of the Third Annual DEMHIST Conference, Amsterdam, 14-16 October, 2002 /Rosanna Pavoni, editor.

176 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c2003.

Creators: Pavoni, Rosanna, 1953- International Committee DEMHIST. Conference (3rd : 2002 : Amsterdam) International Council of Museums.

GUSN: 291025

Call Number: Stacks CC135.I58 2002

Winchester Hospital :our first century /by Ellen Knight.

167 p. : ill. ; 22 x 31 cm.

Date: c2011.

Creators: Knight, Ellen.

GUSN: 291026

Call Number: Stacks F74 .W56 W56 2011

Early New England interiors :sketches in Salem, Marblehead, Portsmouth and Kittery /by Arthur Little.Historic New England reprint.

45 ill. 28 x 36 cm.

Date: 2014.

Creators: Little, Arthur, 1852-1925. Historic New England (Organization)

GUSN: 291027

Call Number: Stacks NA707.L7 2014 c.1 (and 1 more)

Pembroke :ancient trails to the 21st century, 1712-2012 /Pembroke 300th Anniversary Committee.

468 p. 24 cm.

Date: 2012.

Creators: Pembroke 300th Anniversary Committee (Pembroke, Mass.)

GUSN: 291028

Call Number: Stacks F74 .P46 P46 2012

A journey through Woodstock, 1686-2011 /Cheryl R. Wakely.

vii, 297 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 x 29 cm.

Date: c2011

Creators: Wakely, Cheryl R., 1950- Woodstock Historical Society (Woodstock, Conn.)

GUSN: 291029

Call Number: 85M Stacks F104.W9 W35 2011

Toile :the storied fabrics of Europe and America /Michele Palmer ; Lori Beth Garris, photographer.

176 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 x 29 cm.

Date: c2003.

Creators: Palmer, Michele. Garris, Lori Beth.

GUSN: 291206

Call Number: Coll. NK9500.P35 2003

Memoir of the life of Eliza S. M. Quincy.

3 p. l., [5]-267 p. 24 cm.

Date: 1861.

Creators: Quincy, Eliza Susan Morton, 1773-1850. Quincy, Eliza Susan, 1798-1884.

GUSN: 291618

Call Number: Coll. E302.6.Q7 Q74

Cape Cod Canal /Timothy T. Orwig for Historic New England.

127 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.

Date: Ã2013.

Creators: Orwig, Timothy T., author.

GUSN: 292097

Call Number: Stacks F72 .C3 O79 2013 c.1 (and 1 more)

American genre painting in the Victorian era :Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, and their contemporaries. [Exhibition] April 8-May 6, 1978.

66 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Date: 1978.

Creators: Hirschl & Adler Galleries.

GUSN: 293224

Call Number: Roth/Coll. ND1451.5.H4 1978

Teacher, scholar, mentor: Dr. Harry Reiff of St. Lawrence University.

1 v. : ill., facsims., maps, port. ; 27 cm.

Date: 2013.

Creators: Reiff, Daniel D. (Daniel Drake)

GUSN: 293341

Call Number: Stacks CT3990 .R45 R45 2013

More small Italian villas and farmhouses , by Guy Lowell.

5 p. l., xiv p., illus., 40 pl. (incl. front.) 42 cm.

Date: [c1920]

Creators: Lowell, Guy, 1870-1927.

GUSN: 294239

Call Number: Ovr. NA7594.L62

Smaller Italian villas and farmhouses , by Guy Lowell, illustrated by photographs and sketches made by the author and others.

6 p. l., xii l. illus., 125 pl. (incl. front., plans) 42 cm.

Date: 1916.

Creators: Lowell, Guy, 1870-1927.

GUSN: 294240

Call Number: Ovr. NA7594.L6

College Hill :a demonstration study of historic area renewal /conducted by the Providence City Plan Commission in cooperation with the Providence Preservation Society and the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.

x, 230 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 x 31 cm

Date: 1967.

Creators: Providence (R.I.). City Plan Commission. Providence Preservation Society. United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

GUSN: 294241

Call Number: Stacks NA9127.P9 P7 1967

College Hill,a demonstration study of historic area renewal.Conducted in cooperation with the Providence Preservation Society and the Housing and Home Finance Agency.

ix, 213 p. illus. (part col.) plans (part col., 2 fold.) 23 x 31 cm.

Date: 1959]

Creators: Providence (R.I.). City Plan Commission.

GUSN: 294242

Call Number: Stacks NA9127.P9 A5 1959

Interface: Providence /Interface: Providence Design Team, Rhode Island School of Design.

155 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: c1974.

Creators: Rhode Island School of Design. Interface: Providence Design Team.

GUSN: 294243

Call Number: Stacks HT177.P9 R7

Needle and brush: useful and decorative.[By John Q. Reed and Eliza M. Lavin].

306 p. illus. 27 cm.

Date: 1889.

Creators: Reed, John Q. Lavin, Eliza M., joint author.

GUSN: 294244

Call Number: Rare TT750.R32 1889

Wickford memories / by Anita W. Hinckley.

118 p. illus. 23 cm.

Date: [1972]

Creators: Hinckley, Anita W., 1884-

GUSN: 294245

Call Number: Stacks CT275.H59944 A3

Performing anti-slavery :activist women on antebellum stages /Gay Gibson Cima.

xiii, 298 pages ; 24 cm, "In Performing Anti-Slavery, Gay Gibson Cima reimagines the connection between the self and the other within activist performance, providing fascinating new insights into women's nineteenth-century reform efforts, revising the history of abolition, and illuminating an affect...

Creators: Cima, Gay Gibson, 1948- author.

GUSN: 294254

Call Number: Stacks E449.C567 2014

Traditions and recollections of Berlin /by Bailey K. Davis ; with a foreword by Faye Memolo.

157 p. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1989.

Creators: Davis, Bailey K.

GUSN: 294255

Call Number: Stacks F44.B47 D38 1989

The British raid on Essex :the forgotten battle of the War of 1812 /Jerry Roberts.

x, 197 pages ; 24 cm.

Creators: Roberts, Jerry, author.

GUSN: 294256

Call Number: Stacks E359.5.C7 R63 2014

Tempest-tossed :the spirit of Isabella Beecher Hooker /Susan Campbell.

xiii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Creators: Campbell, Susan, 1959- author.

GUSN: 294257

Call Number: Stacks HQ1413.H65 C36 2014

American holiday postcards, 1905-1915 :imagery and context /Daniel Gifford.

ix, 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm, "This book argues that holiday postcards circulated primarily among rural and small town, Northern, white women with Anglo-Saxon and Germanic heritages. Gifford reconsiders the postcard phenomenon as an image-based conversation among exclusive grou...

Creators: Gifford, Daniel, 1970-

GUSN: 294258

Call Number: 85M Stacks NC1878.7.U6 G54 2013

The Correspondence of Thomas Hutchinson :volume 1: 1740-1766 /John W. Tyler, editor [and] Elizabeth Dubrulle, associate editor.

xlvi, 625 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm

Creators: Hutchinson, Thomas, 1711-1780. Tyler, John W., 1951- Dubrulle, Elizabeth. Colonial Society of Massachusetts.

GUSN: 294259

Call Number: Stacks F61.C71 v. 84

Dressing Sacque

White linen; high band neck & flat pointed collar trimmed with embroidered scalloped edges; open front with embroidered scalloped edges with 2 sets of cotton twill tape ties at top; raglan bell-shaped sleeves with embroidered scalloped cuffs; narrow twill tape ties at waist; hem also embroidered & s...

Date: 1855-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 874

Accession Number: 1969.6449

Dressing Sacque

White linen; pointed collar, open front, sleeves and hem all trimmed with embroidered scalloped edges; broad self ties at neck; one set of cotton twill tape ties at middle; tape loop inside neck at back; raglan bell-shaped sleeves.

Date: 1855-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 875

Accession Number: 1969.6450

Dressing Sacque

White linen; pointed collar, open front, hem & sleeves all trimmed with embroidered scalloped edges; broad self ties at neck; 2 sets of cotton twill tape ties at middle; tape loop inside collar; raglan bell-shaped sleeves.

Date: 1855-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 876

Accession Number: 1969.6451

Bed Jacket

White sheer cotton; white floral lace band around neck; wide collar with white silk floral embroidery and edged with lace ruffle; body gathered to yoke; two mother-of-pearl buttons at yoke; bands of lace on either side of front opening, at center back and around hem; three rows of tucks above hem; b...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, silk (textile)

GUSN: 877

Accession Number: 1969.6453

Bed Jacket

White cotton; round collar trimmed with wide eyelet ruffle, also forming jabot at center front; four small mother-of-pearl buttons center front; body gathered to yoke with lace insert; triple pleats at center back; long bell-shaped sleeves trimmed with wide eyelet ruffle.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 878

Accession Number: 1969.6454

Bed Jacket

White sheer cotton; white floral lace band around neck; wide collar with white silk floral embroidery and edged with lace ruffle; body gathered to yoke; two mother-of-pearl buttons at yoke; bands of lace on either side of front opening, at center back, and around hem; three rows of tucks above hem; ...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, silk (textile)

GUSN: 879

Accession Number: 1969.6455

Bed Jacket

White cotton; small pointed collar with embroidered scalloped edge; six vertical tucks on either side of front; three small mother-of-pearl buttons down center front; long sleeves gathered to two-button cuffs with embroidered scalloped edges.

Date: 1865-1879

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 880

Accession Number: 1969.6456

Bed Jacket

Ivory linen with floral whitework embroidery panels linked with silk crocheted lace; V-shaped neckline, yoke and body; crocheted flower inserts in yoke; scalloped lace ruffle all around neck, body and sleeves; five small mother of pearl buttons with loop closure concealed at front; full elbow-length...

Date: 1895-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 881

Accession Number: 1969.6951

Parasol and Umbrella

Combination umbrella and parasol or "en tout cas". Black silk taffeta, plain; two-tone handle of light brown bamboo, with L-shaped handle of celluloid imitation horn; silver plated copper collar and band; brass hardware - spokes and points painted black; brass tip.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), celluloid (cellulosic), silk (textile), silver (metal), taffeta

GUSN: 882

Accession Number: 1969.2691

Parasol

Black floral Chantilly lace with tan silk and white silk (double) lining; squared bottom ivory carved handle with twisted cord and beaded bands spiraling up handle; collapsible; black silk tassel attached to ivory tip (tip matches design of handle); ivory points. A = parasol B = piece of handle

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), Chantilly lace, ivory (tooth component), lace (needlework), silk (textile)

GUSN: 883

Accession Number: 1969.5158AB

Umbrella Cover

White cotton striped herringbone twill; gathered at tip; drawstring closure - drawstring is missing.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), twill

GUSN: 884

Accession Number: 1969.5408

Parasol

Black lace with flowers, ribbon and scalloped edge, over tan silk with white silk lining with white silk fringe (short); ivory handle carved to imitate bamboo; black and white silk tassels; ivoery tip and ivory points.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), lace (needlework), silk (textile)

GUSN: 885

Accession Number: 1969.5455

Parasol and Cover

Body (A) is pink silk taffeta, plain; scalloped edge trimmed with pink, vertical chenille; dark brown wood with elaborate knob handle; handle is silver plated brass, lavender enamel collar; top of knob is same lavender enamel with garland of pink roses and green leafed branches; brass tip and points...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), chenille (yarn), silk (textile), silver (metal), taffeta

GUSN: 886

Accession Number: 1969.6056AB

Parasol with Cover

Parasol (A) is dark and light blue, red and cream striped silk taffeta, brocaded with pink rose sprig with yellow bow, background of patterned floral trail; lined with white china silk; black (ebony) with silver art nouveau handle with purple enamel; bone at tip; tassel of matching silk with braided...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: brocading, cotton (textile), ebony (wood), silk (textile), silver (metal), taffeta

GUSN: 887

Accession Number: 1969.6072AB

Parasol with Cover

Parasol (A) is light green silk taffeta; five narrow horizontal tucks; light bird's eye maple wood handle, round, tapered; brass tip; bone points; spokes are covered with silk. Cover (B) is white cotton striped herringbone with opening at tip, drawstring closure.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: bird's-eye maple, bone (material), brass (alloy), silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 888

Accession Number: 1969.6074AB

Parasol

Black floral lace with scalloped floral edge; white silk lining with white silk fringe and tassels; collapsible ivory handle carved with shell and trompe l'oeil tassels; brass hardware engraved with potted plant and stylized flower; handle has square base; ivory top carved with leaves; ivory points.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), lace (needlework), silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 889

Accession Number: 1969.6604

Fan

This fan is constructed from an ivory-colored paper leaf printed on recto in shades of pink, red, white, yellow and brown depicting an indoor scene of figures in late eighteenth to early nineteenth century dress. Verso is painted grey. The sticks are ebonized bamboo with ivory guards decorated with ...

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), bamboo (material), printing (process), ivory (tooth component), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 890

Accession Number: 1969.5445

FAN

Paper leaf printed on both sides with Oriental scenes in blue, green, red & purple; bamboo sticks; ebonized guards; metal rivet.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 891

Accession Number: 1969.6428

FAN

White paper leaf stenciled on one side with flowers & bird in red, pink , blue, purple & green; reverse is flowers stenciled in vertical & geometric shapes in green; bamboo sticks; ebonized bamboo guards; metal rivet.

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), staining, ebony (color), paper (fiber product), stenciling

GUSN: 892

Accession Number: 1969.6429

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