Historic New England

Building Stata :the design and construction of Frank O. Gehry's Stata Center at MIT /Nancy E. Joyce ; commentary by Frank O. Gehry ; photographs by Richard M. Sobol.

xxi, 137 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 x 28 cm, "This illustrated book chronicles the entire planning and construction process of the Frank Gehry-designed Ray and Maria Stata Center at MIT. Taking us from the historical background and architectural context at MIT through the in...

Date: Ã2004.

Creators: Joyce, Nancy (Nancy Eleanor) Gehry, Frank O., 1929-

GUSN: 360733

Call Number: T171.M8195 J69 2004

Rough point :the Newport home of Doris Duke /written by A. Bruce MacLeish and Pieter N. Roos.

52 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm

Date: Ã2003.

Creators: MacLeish, A. Bruce. Helms, Cheryl, donor. Roos, Pieter N.

GUSN: 360734

Call Number: F89.N5 M33 2003

Bibliotheca Salmo salar :a selection of rare books, manuscripts, journals, diaries, photograph albums, & ephemera on the subject of Atlantic salmon fishing /from the collection of Charles B. Wood III.

242 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Creators: Wood, Charles B., III, 1936- author. Parrot, Gray, binder. Hoelfer, Jonathan, type designer. Kelly, Jerry, 1955- book designer. Godine, David R., donor. Pimlico,

GUSN: 360735

Call Number: Stacks SH685.W66 2017

Houses for good living,by Royal Barry Wills.

104 pages frontispiece, illustrations (including plans) 32 cm

Date: [Ã1940]

Creators: Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962.

GUSN: 360736

Call Number: NA7120.W65 1940

Architecture of the Old South.Georgia /Mills Lane ; special photography by Van Jones Martin ; drawings by Gene Carpenter.

252 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Date: Ã1986.

Creators: Lane, Mills. Martin, Van Jones. Carpenter, Gene.

GUSN: 360737

Call Number: NA730.G4 L36 1986

Art and work :as shown in the several artistic industries employed in the use of marble, stone, and terra-cotta, metal, wood, and textile fabrics : as well as in the various details associated with decorative art : the whole exemplified by 85 lithographic drawings (each with some descriptive explanation, of antique, Mediµval, Italian, Renaissance and Oriental examples) including some illustrations from the best unpublished works of the "Brothers Adam," together with other designs from more recent authorities /by Owen W. Davis.

36 pages, 85 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 31 cm

Date: 1885.

Creators: Davis, Owen W.

GUSN: 360738

Call Number: NK1175.D3

The last whole earth catalog :access to tools /[edited by Stewart Brand]

447 pages : illustrations ; 38 cm

Creators: Brand, Stewart, editor. Portola Institute,

GUSN: 360739

Call Number: TS199.L37 1971

Early Chinese jades in the Harvard Art Museums /Jenny F. So.

359 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Creators: So, Jenny F., author. Harvard Art Museums,

GUSN: 360740

Call Number: NK5750.2.C6 H375 2018

Catalogue of the Feinberg collection of Japanese art /edited by Rachel Saunders.

263 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm, "Over more than four decades, Robert and Betsy Feinberg have assembled the finest private collection of Edo-period Japanese painting in the United States. The collection is notable for its size, its remarkable quality, and its comprehensiveness. It represents...

Creators: Saunders, Rachel (Rachel M.), editor. Harvard Art Museums.

GUSN: 360741

Call Number: N7352.C38 2021

Social fabrics :inscribed textiles from Medieval Egyptian tombs /edited by Mary McWilliams and Jochen Sokoly ; with contributions by Robin Hanson, Mary McWilliams, Meredith Montague, Nasser Rabbat, Jochen Sokoly, David Stern, Katherine M. Taronas, Julie H. Wertz, Elizabeth Dospéel Williams, and Meredyth Lynn Winter.

x, 163 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 x 26 cm, Social Fabrics looks at tiraz - highly prized textiles enhanced with woven, embroidered, or painted inscriptions in Arabic - to trace the structure of medieval Egyptian society during a transformative period. It reveals a story a...

Creators: McWilliams, Mary, 1954- editor. Sokoly, Jochen A. (Jochen Artur), editor. Harvard University. Art Museums,

GUSN: 360742

Call Number: NK8808.9.S63 2021

Technologies of the image :art in 19th-century Iran /edited by David J. Roxburgh and Mary McWilliams ; with contributions by Farshid Emami, Mary McWilliams, David J. Roxburgh, and Mira Xenia Schwerda.

xviii, 173 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits (some color) ; 29 cm, With a few notable exceptions, scholars have historically understudied and often underappreciated the art of Iran in the Qajar era (1779-1925). This catalogue presents a fresh take on the art of the period, se...

Creators: Roxburgh, David J., editor, author. McWilliams, Mary, 1954- editor, author. Emami, Farshid, author. Schwerda, Mira Xenia, author. Harvard Art Museums,

GUSN: 360743

Call Number: N7280.T37 2017

An album of artists' drawings from Qajar Iranedited by David J. Roxburgh ; with contributions by Trent Barnes, Mycah Braxton, Gwendolyn Collaço, Farhad Dokhani, Bronwen Gulkis, Penley Knipe, Mary McWilliams, Sarah Mirseyedi, Veronika Poier, David J. Roxburgh, Mira Xenia Schwerda, and Meredyth Winter.

121 Seiten, 118 unnummerierte Tafelseiten Illustrationen 37 cm, Harvard's Qajar Album--57 folios, with nearly 150 drawings, paintings, prints, and embossed works--is a remarkably wide-ranging collection of human, animal, and floral studies; narrative compositions inspired by Persian classic literatu...

Creators: Roxburgh, David J. 1965- Herausgeber Barnes, Trent Verfasser Harvard Art Museums

GUSN: 360744

Call Number: N6263.C36 H37 2017

An album of artists' drawings from Qajar Iran /edited by David J. Roxburgh ; with contributions by Trent Barnes, Mycah Braxton, Gwendolyn Collaço, Farhad Dokhani, Bronwen Gulkis, Penley Knipe, Mary McWilliams, Sarah Mirseyedi, Veronika Poier, David J. Roxburgh, Mira Xenia Schwerda, and Meredyth Winter.

121 pages, 118 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm, Harvard's Qajar Album--57 folios, with nearly 150 drawings, paintings, prints, and embossed works--is a remarkably wide-ranging collection of human, animal, and floral studies; narrative compositions inspired by Persian ...

Creators: Roxburgh, David J., editor. Barnes, Trent, author. Harvard Art Museums,

GUSN: 360745

Call Number: N6263.C36 H37 2017

Object lessons :the Bauhaus and Harvard /edited by Laura Muir ; with contributions by Francesca G. Bewer [and 17 others].

286 pages (1 folded) : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm + 1 booklet (8 unnumbered pages ; 24 x 15 cm), bound inside the back cover, "A fresh look at the influential pedagogy and practice pioneered by the Bauhaus. Founded by architect Walter Gropius (1883-1969) in 1919, the Bauhaus was the 20th cen...

Creators: Muir, Laura, editor. Bewer, Francesca G. (Francesca Gabrielle), 1960- contributor. Harvard Art Museums,

GUSN: 360746

Call Number: N332.G33 B4564 2021

Architectural graphic standards for architects, engineers, decorators, builders, and draftsmen /by Charles George Ramsey, Harold Reeve Sleeper.

xiii, 344 pages : illustrations, plans ; 30 x 24 cm

Date: [1946]

Creators: Ramsey, Charles George, 1884-1963. Sleeper, Harold Reeve, 1893-1960.

GUSN: 360747

Call Number: TH2031.R35 1946

Encyclopedia of architecture :a dictionary of the science and practice of architecture, building, etc., from the earliest times to the present /by Peter Nicholson ; edited by Edward Lomax and Thomas Gunyon.

2 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm

Date: [1850?]

Creators: Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844. Lomax, Edward. Gunyon, Thomas.

GUSN: 360748

Call Number: NA3 1 .N5 1850

Preventive conservation :collection storage /[editors] Lisa Elkin and Christopher A. Norris.

xv, 926 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm, "Good storage is the foundation of effective collection care, advancing conservation while at the same time promoting accessibility and use. Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage covers the storage of all types of collections, including science, fin...

Creators: Elkin, Lisa, 1966- editor. Norris, Christopher A., 1966- editor. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Smithsonian Institution, George Washington University,

GUSN: 360865

Call Number: Coll AM145.P74 2019

Art in the Massachusetts State House.

78 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 x 28 cm, ...Traces the history of its art collections and the commission's role in acquiring various works; includes a complete catalog of portraits, sculpture and other works...

Date: 1986.

Creators: Massachusetts Art Commission.

GUSN: 360866

Call Number: Coll N6535.B7 A78 1986

Edith Wharton's Lenox /Cornelia Brooke Gilder.

222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm, "In 1900, Edith Wharton burst into the settled summer colony of Lenox. An aspiring novelist in her thirties, she was already a ferocious aesthete and intellect. She and her husband, Teddy, planned a defiantly classical villa, and she became a bestselling author wit...

Creators: Gilder, Cornelia Brooke, author.

GUSN: 361311

Call Number: Stacks PS3545.H16 Z649 2017

The organ in New England :an account of its use and manufacture to the end of the nineteenth century /by Barbara Owen.

xx, 629 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm

Date: 1979.

Creators: Owen, Barbara.

GUSN: 361312

Call Number: Stacks ML561.O95

The almighty wall :the architecture of Henry Vaughan /William Morgan.

xi, 210 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 26 cm.

Date: Ã1983.

Creators: Morgan, William, 1944-

GUSN: 361313

Call Number: Stacks NA737.V38 M67 1983

The life of a musician woven into a strand of history of the New England Conservatory of Music,by Henry Morton Dunham.

235 pages illustrations 25 cm

Date: [1931]

Creators: Dunham, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1853-1929.

GUSN: 361314

Call Number: Stacks ML416.D8

The great organ at Methuen :from its celebrated arrival in nineteenth-century Boston to the present /Barbara Owen.

xiii, 397 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm., In the middle of the nineteenth-century, American organbuilding reached a milestone when, in 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, a large concert organ--really the first of its kind in the country--was opened in Boston's relatively-new Music Hall....

Date: Ã2011.

Creators: Owen, Barbara.

GUSN: 361315

Call Number: Stacks ML594.M48 O94 2011

The Great estates, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1880-1930 /by the Junior League of Greenwich.

xiv, 209 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Date: Ã1986.

Creators: Junior League of Greenwich, Connecticut.

GUSN: 361316

Call Number: Stacks F104.G8 G74 1986

Larz and Isabel Anderson :wealth and celebrity in the Gilded Age /Stephen T. Moskey.

xv, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, "This is the story of Larz and Isabel Anderson, wealthy socialites of the Gilded Age, whose extraordinary lives spanned a century of American history-from the Civil War to World War II. Their world included dozens of celebrities who helped define modern culture...

Creators: Moskey, Stephen T., 1950- author.

GUSN: 361317

Call Number: Stacks E748.A217 M67 2016

Daughters of the Samurai :a journey from East to West and back /Janice P. Nimura.

336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm, "'Surprising and richly satisfying' (Megan Marshall); 'Beautifully crafted ... subtle, polished, and poised' (Stacy Schiff); In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to h...

Creators: Nimura, Janice P., author.

GUSN: 361318

Call Number: Stacks E184.J3 N484 2015

Daisy Turner's kin :an African American family saga /Jane C. Beck.

295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm., "A daughter of freed African American slaves, Daisy Turner became a living repository of history. The family narrative entrusted to her--'a well-polished artifact, an heirloom that had been carefully preserved'--began among the Yoruba in West Africa and cont...

Creators: Beck, Jane C., 1941- author.

GUSN: 361319

Call Number: Stacks E185.97.T93 B43 2015

American rebels :how the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy families fanned the flames of revolution /Nina Sankovitch.

viii, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps (some color), portraits ; 25 cm, "Nina Sankovitch's American Rebels explores, for the first time, the intertwined lives of the Hancock, Quincy, and Adams families, and the role each person played in sparking the American Revol...

Creators: Sankovitch, Nina, author.

GUSN: 361320

Call Number: Stacks F74.B6 S26 2020

Restaurant republic :the rise of public dining in Boston /Kelly Erby.

xxiii, 151 pages ; 22 cm, "Before the 1820s, the vast majority of Americans ate only at home. As the nation began to urbanize and industrialize, home and work became increasingly divided, resulting in new forms of commercial dining. In this fascinating book, Kelly Erby explores the evolution of such...

Creators: Erby, Kelly, author.

GUSN: 361321

Call Number: Stacks TX909.2.M32 B674 2016

Rockland /Donald Cann and John Galluzzo.

128 pages : chiefly illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Date: Ã2003.

Creators: Cann, Donald. Galluzzo, John.

GUSN: 361322

Call Number: Stacks F74.R67 C36 2003

The new traditional garden :a practical guide to creating and restoring authentic American gardens for homes of all ages /Michael Weishan.

xiv, 337 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm, Provides a compendium of antique plants, plans for antique gardens representing a range of styles and periods, a list of suppliers, and a directory of great historic gardens.

Date: 1999.

Creators: Weishan, Michael.

GUSN: 361323

Call Number: Stacks SB457.53 .W45 1999

Amherst College :the campus guide /an architectural tour by Blair Kamin ; photography by Ralph Lieberman ; foreword by Biddy Martin.

255 pages ; 26 cm + 1 campus guide map., "The Amherst College Campus Guides features college history, and curated tours to highlight major buildings, special places, and landmark events"-- Provided by publisher.

Creators: Kamin, Blair, author.

GUSN: 361324

Call Number: Stacks LD153.K36 2020 c.1 (and 1 more)

Storied strings :the guitar in American art /Leo G. Mazow ; with additional essays by Philip J. Deloria and Jayson Kerr Dobney.

xiii, 250 pages : illustrations (colour), portraits ; 31 cm

Creators: Mazow, Leo G., author. Dobney, Jayson Kerr, contributor. Deloria, Philip Joseph, contributor. Nyerges, Alexander Lee, contributor. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Peabody Essex Museum,

GUSN: 361358

Call Number: Coll ML1015.G9 M39 2022

Late of the guards :tattoo designs by Ben Corday /Rich Hardy.

A century-old sketchbook of tattoo designs painted by legendary Los Angeles tattoo artist Ben Corday, presented in lush facsimile. Includes a richly illustrated essay chronicling Corday's life and career.

Date: c2023.

Creators: Hardy, Rich, 1984- author.

GUSN: 361359

Call Number: Stacks GT2345.H37 2023

Architecture constructed :notes on a discipline /Mark Jarzombek.

viii, 360 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm, "Archi-Tect explores the central, open secret of architecture: the long-suppressed conflict between arche and teckton-between those who design, and those who build. This unresolved tension has a centuries-old history in the discipline, persist...

Creators: Jarzombek, Mark, author.

GUSN: 361360

Call Number: Stacks NA2500.J37 2023

The letters of Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner, 1887-1924, with correspondence by Mary Berenson /edited and annotated by Rollin van N. Hadley.

xxxviii, 718 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Creators: Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959. Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924. Berenson, Mary, 1864-1945. Hadley, Rollin van N. Israëls, Machtelt. Strehlke, Carl Brandon.

GUSN: 361428

Call Number: Stacks N7483.B47 A3 2016

Tobacconist's Carved Signboard

This object contains harmful stereotypical imagery of Native Americans. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter o...

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), oil paint (paint), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3264

Accession Number: 1991.1048

Wooden Coffin

An unpainted wooden coffin without a lid; nail construction at shoulder angle, corf-cut and held with wedges.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: butternut (wood), nailing

GUSN: 3265

Accession Number: 1991.1049.1

Sample Gravestone

Sample gravestone with three portrait heads, and an alphabet up to "Q"; also has borders in several methods. It is well finished on three sides and rough on the bottom.

Date: 1787

Maker: Pratt, Noah (Maker)

Material: carving (processes), slate (rock)

GUSN: 3266

Accession Number: 1991.1050

Tombstone

An arched crest carved with the head and wings of a stylized angel above an inscription.

Date: 1770-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), incising, stone (rock)

GUSN: 3267

Accession Number: 1991.1051

Tavern Sign

Painted wooden sign with the top section grained. In corners there are painted quarter fans and it is painted to simulate Sheraton inlaid wood. Brackets for the sign's iron hooks extend into the grained area and cross the simulated inlay 8 7/8" into the board from the top. Only one side still has it...

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), oil paint (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3268

Accession Number: 1991.1052

Miniature Desk

Slant-top lid hinged with leather straps over two long drawers, each with single, carved wood pulls; the lid opens to three drawers and pigeonholes; everything is painted red.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3269

Accession Number: 1991.1053

Hanging Cupboard

Pine; scrolled crest on a rectangular case with hinged, panelled door; the door opens to three shelves; the exterior is painted red and the interior is painted white; there is a single brass pull on the d oor with a bronze lock and iron key.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes), painting (coating)

GUSN: 3270

Accession Number: 1991.1054

Sheathing for Boxed in Stairway

Section of feather edge sheathing which covered a boxed in stairway, probably in a front entry. The artist, Moses Eaton, applied stencils/ tempora in red and green on a faint pink background, directly to unpainted pine boards. The outlines of the stair ends can still be seen on the backs of the wide...

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Maker)

Material: pine (wood), stenciling, tempera

GUSN: 3271

Accession Number: 1991.1055AB

Wooden Laying Out Board

A wide, long board with a rounded end. Unpainted.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes)

GUSN: 3272

Accession Number: 1991.1056

Church Gallery Clock

Large round clock with gold face; Roman numerals; black iron hands. Face unscrews on front to access brass works; pendulum and weight.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), oil paint (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3273

Accession Number: 1991.1057

Serpent Weathervane

Weathervane cut from one piece of wood in the shape of a "serpent." Green painted finish. The tail is in the shape of an arrow, and nails are driven in at the edge to suggest scales.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal, painting (coating)

GUSN: 3274

Accession Number: 1991.1058

Carved Trade Sign

Two-piece, large scale wooden hand razor; joined at the end of each wooden form by a screw.

Date: 1875-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), staining, oil paint (paint), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 3275

Accession Number: 1991.1059

Checkerboard

Large board with frame and squares painted in pumpkin yellow, with four freehand painted divisions of landscapes at the ends of the board. One side of the board has numbered squares.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 3276

Accession Number: 1991.1060

Trade Sign

A heavy rectangular board, with a heavy three-part molding frame. Painted on both sides: one side has two large white houses with two sailboats and a side wheel steamer, "Liberty" in front of a house. On the reverse is an engine and string of carriages entering a station; ships in the foreground. Co...

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 3277

Accession Number: 1991.1061

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