Historic New England

The painter's palette;a theory of tone relations, an instrument of expression,by Denman Waldo Ross.

viii, 41 p. diagrs. 26 cm.

Date: 1919.

Creators: Ross, Denman Waldo, 1853-1935.

GUSN: 252380

Call Number: Perry ND1488.R87 1919

Port Sunlight;the model village of England : a collection of photographs /by E.W. Beeson ...

45 p. front. (plan) 29 cm.

Date: [c1911]

Creators: Beeson, Edward William, 1870-

GUSN: 252381

Call Number: Perry NA7558.P7 B4 1911

Vanishing London:a series of drawings illustrating some of the old houses, etc., in London and Westminster.By Roland W. Paul.

24 p. illus., xl pl. 30 cm.

Date: 1894.

Creators: Paul, R. W. (Roland Wilmot)

GUSN: 252382

Call Number: Perry NA970.P3 1894

Indian architecture and ornament.

3 p. l., 1 pl. 36 x 29 cm.

Date: [c1887]

Creators: De Forest, Lockwood, 1850-1932.

GUSN: 252383

Call Number: Perry NA1501.D4 1887

The Architectural Review Congress number :in connection with the International Congress of Architects in London, July 1906 : comprising a summary of English mediaeval architecture ... a summary of early renaissance architecture in England ... a summary of later renaissance architecture in England... with numerous illustrations ... the official catalogue of the exhibition.

159, 32 p. : ill. ; 33 cm.

Date: 1906.

Creators: Straus, Ralph, 1882-1950. International Congress of Architects (7th : 1906 : London, England)

GUSN: 252384

Call Number: Perry NA961.A7 1906

Picturesque English cottages and their doorway gardens,by P.H. Ditchfield ... with a prefatory note by Ralph Adams Cram.

112 p. incl. front. illus. 32 cm.

Date: 1905.

Creators: Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930.

GUSN: 252385

Call Number: Perry NA7562.D6 1905

Year book of the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

v. ill. 27 cm.

Creators: American Institute of Architects. Brooklyn Chapter.

GUSN: 252386

Call Number: Perry NA11.A43 1908

Old colonial architectural details in and around Philadelphia :50 plates of scaled and measured drawings,by W. Davenport Goforth and William J. McAuley ...

2 p. l., 50 pl. 36 x 30 cm.

Date: c1890.

Creators: Goforth, W. Davenport (William Davenport) McAuley, William J. (William John), b. 1867.

GUSN: 252387

Call Number: Perry NA707.G6 1890

Special apartment house number.

x, [85]-128, xi-xv p. illus., plans. 35 cm.

Date: 1903.

GUSN: 252388

Call Number: Perry NA7860.S64 1903

Country cottages and week-end homes /by J.H. Elder-Duncan ; with numerous illustrations and plans of cottages by well-known architects.

223 p. : ill., plates, plans ; 29 cm.

Date: 1907.

Creators: Elder-Duncan, J. H. (John Hudson), b. 1877.

GUSN: 252389

Call Number: Perry NA7562.E7 1907

Colour science :a handbook for advanced students in schools, colleges, and the various arts, crafts, and industries depending on the use of colour /by Wilhelm Ostwald ; authorized translation with an introduction and notes by J. Scott Taylor.

2 v. : plates ; 23 cm.

Date: [19--?]

Creators: Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932. Taylor, J. Scott (John Scott)

GUSN: 252390

Call Number: Perry QC495.O83 1900z pt.I (and 1 more)

The House beautiful building annual.

v. : ill. ; 33 cm.

Date: c1924-

Creators: Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1881-1966.

GUSN: 252391

Call Number: Perry NA7100.H73 1925

German varnish-making,by Professor Max Bottler. Authorized translation with notes on American varnish and paint manufacture, by Alvah Horton Sabin.

vii, 363 p. illus., tables (1 fold.) 21 cm.

Date: 1912.

Creators: Bottler, Max, b. 1847. Sabin, Alvah Horton, 1851-1940, tr.

GUSN: 252392

Call Number: Perry TP938.B8 1912

Painting by immersion and by compressed air.A practical handbookby Arthur Seymour Jennings, with 150 illustrations.

xv, 272 p. incl. front., illus., plates. 22 cm.

Date: 1915.

Creators: Jennings, Arthur Seymour, b. 1860.

GUSN: 252393

Call Number: Perry TT305.J4 1915

Spanish gardens and patios,illustrated with 175 examples, 4 plates in colour, by Mildred Stapley Byne and Arthur Byne ...

305 p. incl. illus., plates, plans. col. front., 3 col. pl. 29 cm.

Date: 1928, c1924.

Creators: Byne, Mildred Stapley, 1875-1941. Byne, Arthur, 1883-1935, joint author.

GUSN: 252394

Call Number: Perry SB466.S7 B96 1928

The house and its equipment / ed. by Lawrence Weaver.

212 p. illus. (incl. plans) 30 cm.

Date: [1912?]

Creators: Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876-

GUSN: 252395

Call Number: Perry NA7328.W37 1912 (and 1 more)

Rambles and studies in Greece /by J.P. Mahaffy.

xviii, 465 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1887.

Creators: Mahaffy, J. P. (John Pentland), 1839-1919.

GUSN: 252396

Call Number: Perry DF30.M21 1887

The flower art of Japan,by Mary Averill (Kwashinsai Kiyokumei) ... With 129 illustrations.

216 p. col. front., illus. 24 cm.

Date: 1915.

Creators: Averill, Mary, 1866-

GUSN: 252397

Call Number: Perry SB449.A7 1915

Small country houses of to-day,ed. by Lawrence Weaver.

x, 224 p. incl. front., illus. 30 cm.

Date: [1910?]

Creators: Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876- ed.

GUSN: 252398

Call Number: Perry NA7328.W4 1910

The art of dyeing and staining marble, artificial stone, bone, horn, ivory and wood, and of imitating all sorts of wood;a practical handbook for the use of joiners, turners, manufacturers of fancy goods, stick and umbrella makers, comb makers, etc.,by D. H. Soxhlet. Tr. from the German by Arthur Morris and Herbert Robson.

viii, 168, 32 p. 20 cm.

Date: 1902.

Creators: Soxhlet, V. H. Robson, Herbert. Morris, Arthur.

GUSN: 252399

Call Number: Perry TT370.S7 1902

Architectural drawing /by R. Phene Spiers ; preface to the American ed. by William R. Ware ...

x, 67 p., 25 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: [c1888]

Creators: Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916 Ware, William R.

GUSN: 252400

Call Number: Perry NA2700.S68 1888

The minor ecclesiastical, domestic, and garden architecture of southern Spain;photographs and drawings by Austin Whittlesey, with a preface by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue.

xi, 107 plates front. 32 cm.

Date: [c1917]

Creators: Whittlesey, Austin.

GUSN: 252401

Call Number: Perry NA1301.W5 1917

Light and shade and their applications,by M. Luckiesh ... 135 illustrations--10 tables ...

xii, 265 p. incl. illus., tables, diagrs. front. 24 cm.

Date: 1916.

Creators: Luckiesh, Matthew, b. 1883.

GUSN: 252402

Call Number: Perry NC755.L8 1916

The Spanish house for America,its design, furnishing, and garden,by Rexford Newcomb ... with a frontispiece in colour and 97 plates of Spanish houses and their details.

164 p. col. front., illus. (incl. plans) 27 cm.

Date: 1927.

Creators: Newcomb, Rexford, 1886-1968.

GUSN: 252403

Call Number: Perry NA7205.N4 1927

Low cost suburban homes;a book of suggestions for the man with the moderate purse,ed. by Richardson Wright.

3 p. Á., 120 p. front., illus. (incl. plans) 26 cm.

Date: 1916.

Creators: Wright, Richardson Little, 1887-1961, ed.

GUSN: 252404

Call Number: Perry NA7120.W7 1916

Domestic architecture,by L. Eugene Robinson.

xiii, 378 p. illus. (incl. plan., map) 20 cm.

Date: 1917.

Creators: Robinson, L. Eugene.

GUSN: 252405

Call Number: Perry NA7120.R6 1917

Measured drawings of old oak English furniture,also of some remains of architectural woodwork, plasterwork, metalwork, glazing, etc.,by John Weymouth Hurrell.

110 pl. 38 x 29 cm.

Date: 1902.

Creators: Hurrell, John Weymouth.

GUSN: 252406

Call Number: Perry NK2529.H8 1902

The principles of harmony and contrast of colours, and their applications to the arts ... /by M.E. Chevreul ; translated from the French by Charles Martel.

xxiii, 465 p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.

Date: 1887.

Creators: Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889.

GUSN: 252407

Call Number: Perry N7342.7.C5713 1887

Regional architecture of the West of England,by A.E. Richardson ... and C. Lovett Gill.

xx, 188 p. illus. 29 cm.

Date: 1924.

Creators: Richardson, A. E. Sir, (Albert Edward), 1880-1964. Gill, C. Lovett (Charles Lovett), b. 1880, joint author.

GUSN: 252408

Call Number: Perry NA964.R53 1924

Decorative elements in architecture;random observations on the eternal fitness of things from a decorative point of view[by] William Francklyn Paris.

152 p. XCIX pl. (incl. front.) 25 cm.

Date: 1917.

Creators: Paris, William Francklyn, 1871-1954.

GUSN: 252409

Call Number: Perry NK2110.P2 1917

The English home,by Banister Flight Fletcher ... and Herbert Phillips Fletcher; with an introduction by His Grace the Duke of Argyll, kt., with 336 illustrations.

xxii, 392 p. illus., plans. 23 cm.

Date: 1910.

Creators: Fletcher, Banister, Sir, 1866-1953. Fletcher, H. Phillips (Herbert Phillips), 1872-1916, joint author.

GUSN: 252410

Call Number: Perry NA7328.F55 1910

A history of architecture in London,arranged to illustrate the course of architecture in England until 1800, with a sketch of the preceding European styles,by Walter H. Godfrey ... with a preface by Philip Norman ... with 250 illustrations, 7 maps & descriptive guide to the buildings.

xiii, 390 p. illus. 21 cm.

Date: [1911]

Creators: Godfrey, Walter Hindes, 1881-

GUSN: 252411

Call Number: Perry NA970.G63 1911

The hardwood finisher :with rules and directions for finishing in natural colors and in antique, mahogany, cherry, birch, walnut, oak, ash, redwood, sycamore, pine, and all other domestic woods : also, miscellaneous rules for filling, staining, varnishing, polishing, dyeing, gilding, and bronzing; together with hints on the preparation of woodwork for the finisher /compiled and edited by Fred T. Hodgson.

109 p.

Date: c1892.

Creators: Hodgson, Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas), 1836-1919.

GUSN: 252412

Call Number: Perry TT325.H37 1892

The arts connected with building :lectures on craftsmanship and design delivered at Carpenters Hall, London Wall, for the worshipful Company of Carpenters /by R. W. Schultz ... [et al.] ; edited by T. Raffles Davison.

xii, 224 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: [1909?]

Creators: Schultz, Robert Weir, 1860-1951. Davison, T. Raffles (Thomas Raffles), 1853-1937.

GUSN: 252413

Call Number: Perry NA2540.A78 1909

The principles of harmony and contrast of colours, and their applications to the arts /by M.E. Chevreul ; translated by Charles Martel.

xlvi, 465 p. : ill.

Date: 1908.

Creators: Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889.

GUSN: 252414

Call Number: Perry N7432.7.C5713 1908

Dutch pottery and porcelain /by W. Pitcairn Knowles.

xv, 122 p., 54 plates : ill.

Date: [19--?]

Creators: Knowles, W. Pitcairn.

GUSN: 252415

Call Number: Perry NK4107.K66 1900z

Villas of Florence and Tuscany;by Harold Donaldson Eberlein ; with a frontispiece in colour and 299 illustrations mostly from photographs by the author.

411 p. illus. 29 cm.

Date: 1925, c1922.

Creators: Eberlein, Harold Donaldson.

GUSN: 252416

Call Number: Perry NA7594.E3 1925

Catalogue of the architectural exhibition, Boston Architectural Club and Boston Society of Architects :St. Botolph Club, 2 Newbury Street, from May 22nd to June 3rd, 1899.

240 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm.

Date: 1899.

Creators: Boston Architectural Club. Boston Society of Architects.

GUSN: 252417

Call Number: Perry NA2440.B67 C38 1899 c.1 (and 1 more)

Recueil d'architecture :dessiné et mesuré en Italie, dans les années 1791, 92 et 93À /par F. L. Schuelt, architecte à Nantes ; contenant un choix de maisons, fabriques, basiliques, portes, croisées, sarcophages, fontaines, décorations de jardins et divers fragments d'architecture, etc, etc. ; ouvrage composé de soixante-douze, de planches grand in-folio.

8 p., 72 leaves of plates ; 50 cm.

Date: 1821.

Creators: Séheult, François Léonard, 1771-1840.

GUSN: 252418

Call Number: Perry NA1116.S44 1821

The architecture, decoration, and furniture, of Robert & James Adam;selected from "Works in architecture," published 1778-1822, and photolithographed from the originals.

xxvi pl. 42 x 36 cm.

Date: 1880.

Creators: Adam, Robert, 1728-1792. Adam, James, d. 1794, joint author.

GUSN: 252419

Call Number: Perry NA997.A4 A42 1880

Tieback

stamped brass roundelle with concave center having flower blossom design; face edge with two rows of beading; solid cast post ending with threaded iron screw; back of face possibly tin.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), iron (metal), stamping (forming), tin (metal)

GUSN: 3863

Accession Number: 1977.137.1

Tieback

stamped brass roundelle with concave center having flower blossom design; face edge with two rows of beading; solid cast post ending with threaded iron screw; back of face possibly tin.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), iron (metal), stamping (forming), tin (metal)

GUSN: 3864

Accession Number: 1977.137.2

Tea table. Mahogany with white pine corner blocks. Rectangular two-board top with rabbeted edges rounded to a bead that extend beyond rails. Narrow cove molding nailed to rails just below top. Shaped, scalloped skirt with cyma curves and rectiliinear shapes. Rests on cabriole legs with over-the-...

Date: 1745-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 3865

Accession Number: 1977.208

Candlestick

Solid cast baluster from with hollow constructed base filled with ballast; circular stepped base below vasiform turned baluster; concave sided round candle socket terminating in flat broad drip pan.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 3866

Accession Number: 1977.136.2

Tilt-top Tea Table

Round tilt-top, bird cage, tea table with tripod, snake foot base, urn turning surmounted by double molding and straight tapered shaft terminating in bird cage fixture with four turned supports between square blocks; cleats on either side of hinge.

Date: 1755-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 3867

Accession Number: 1977.209

Side Chair

Side chair has curved crest rail with yoke; molded stiles; rush seat; turned front legs with Spanish feet; and is painted black.

Date: 1735-1765

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 3868

Accession Number: 1977.210

Lamp

round rimmed bases with baluster and ring turned supports surmounted by bulb shaped oil chambers fillted with double tin wick holders.

Date: 1795-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 3869

Accession Number: 1977.211AB

Tea Chest

Rectangular tea box with molded base, brass inlay; hinged lid with brass handle, divided interior of three sections fitted with tin caddy; green velvet lining on the lid. Box rests on ogee bracket feet.

Date: 1720-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), mahogany (wood), veneering, tin (metal), velvet (fabric weave), silk (textile)

GUSN: 3870

Accession Number: 1977.212

Board Game

Octagonal with thirty-seven holes for pegs and thirty-three pine pegs; cross hatching inside for placement of holes, painted red.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3871

Accession Number: 1977.213

Board Game

rectangular box, hinged; checkerboard exterior of maple and mahogany squares; interior inlaid with backgammon motif; contents of dice, checkers, and dice shakers of leather; brass hinges.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, mahogany (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 3872

Accession Number: 1977.214

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