Historic New England

National needs assessment of small, emerging, minority, and rural museums in the United States /by Rebecca W. Danvers.

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: 1992.

Creators: Danvers, Rebecca W. Institute of Museum Services.

GUSN: 329024

Call Number: Coll. AM11.D36 1992

Exhibiting public value :government funding for museums in the United States.

158 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm

Date: [2008]

Creators: Manjarrez, Carlos. Institute of Museum and Library Services (U.S.)

GUSN: 329025

Call Number: Coll. AM122.E97 2008

Mark Hampton :an American decorator /Duane Hampton.

255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm, "In the tradition of Albert Hadley and David Hicks, this is a comprehensive look at the career of the late Mark Hampton, one of the most famous and admired American interior designers of the twentieth century. A classic American success story, Hampt...

Date: 2010.

Creators: Hampton, Duane (Duane F.)

GUSN: 329030

Call Number: NK2004.3.H365 H36 2010 Coll.

Snakes, snails and history tails :building discovery rooms and learning labs at the Smithsonian Institution /Judith White.

69 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: 1991.

Creators: White, Judith. Smithsonian Institution.

GUSN: 329031

Call Number: Coll. AM7.S66s 1991

Repair & preservation maintenance for historic and older homes /Preservation Technology Project and Bureau for Historic Preservation.

62 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Date: 1982, 1988.

GUSN: 329032

Call Number: Coll. TH4817.G76 1982

Excellence and equity :education and the public dimension of museums /a report from the American Association of Museums ; [edited by Ellen Cochran].

27 pages ; 27 cm.

Date: 1992.

Creators: Hirzy, Ellen Cochran. American Association of Museums.

GUSN: 329099

Call Number: Coll. AM7.A55 1992

Considerations for the care of textiles and costumes :a handbook for the non-specialist /by Harold F. Mailand ; prepared for the Textile Conservation Seminar, Indianapolis Museum of Art, May 5 & 6, 1978.

24 pages ; 29 cm

Date: 1978.

Creators: Mailand, Harold F. Indianapolis Museum of Art. Textile Conservation Seminar (1978 : Indianapolis Museum of Art)

GUSN: 329100

Call Number: Coll. NK8804.5.M34

Gadsby's Tavern Museum interpretive master plan /by Suzanne Herlitz Derby and Carl R. Nold.

ii, 127 pages, [6] pages of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: Ã1985.

Creators: Derby, Suzanne Herlitz. Nold, Carl R.

GUSN: 329101

Call Number: Coll. F234.A3 D47 1985

Cultural heritage tourism toolkit /Vermont Arts Council in conjunction with the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing and the Lake Champlain Basin Program.

86 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 28 cm

Date: [2004]

Creators: Vermont Arts Council. Vermont. Department of Tourism and Marketing. Lake Champlain Basin Program.

GUSN: 329102

Call Number: Coll. G156.5.H47 C854 2004

The management of small history museums /Carl E. Guthe.

78 pages ; 23 cm

Date: [1964]

Creators: Guthe, Carl E. (Carl Eugen), 1893-1974. American Association for State and Local History.

GUSN: 329103

Call Number: Coll. AM111.G8 1964

The mate of the daylight :and Friends ashore /by Sarah Orne Jewett.

[8], 254 pages ; 16 cm

Date: 1884, Ã1883

Creators: Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.

GUSN: 330546

A native of Winby :and other tales. /by Sarah Orne Jewett.

309 pages : frontispiece ; 17 cm

Date: [Ã1893]

Creators: Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.

GUSN: 330547

Call Number: Stacks PZ3.J55 N PS2132

Yorkshire pots and potteries /Heather Lawrence.

294 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, maps ; 23 cm

Date: 1974.

Creators: Lawrence, Heather.

GUSN: 331912

Call Number: Coll. TP803.G7 L38

Hidden treasures :searching for masterpieces of American furniture /Leigh Keno and Leslie Keno with Joan Barzilay Freund.

304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm, Antique experts Leigh and Leslie Keno describe more than a dozen of their most fascinating treasure hunts and extraordinary discoveries.

Date: Ã2000.

Creators: Keno, Leigh. Keno, Leslie. Freund, Joan Barzilay.

GUSN: 331913

Call Number: Coll. NK1133.26.K46 A2 2000

Marimekko :fabrics fashion architecture /Marianne Aav, editor.

336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm, "Founded in 1951 by visionary textile designer Armi Ratia and her husband, Viljo, the Marimekko Corporation in Finland not only sparked a revolution in pattern making but also pioneered a new definition of fashion that embraced the entire home environm...

Creators: Aav, Marianne, editor. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture.

GUSN: 331914

Call Number: Coll. TS1475.M37 2012

Coffee, tea and chocolate wares in the collection of the Seattle Art Museum /Julie Emerson.

37, [1] pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: Ã1991.

Creators: Emerson, Julie. Seattle Art Museum.

GUSN: 331915

Call Number: Coll. NK4695.C6 E64 1991

Josiah Wedgwood :a biography /Anthony Burton.

239 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, The Potteries: the name invokes images of a landscape of brick terraces, rows of back-to-backs from the midst of which the kilns poke up towards a smoke-streaked sky. Here are the Five Towns of Arnold Bennett's novels: here is a world we could...

Date: 1976.

Creators: Burton, Anthony, 1934-

GUSN: 331916

Call Number: Coll. NK4210.W4 B87

The New York ceramics fair.

75 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Date: [2007]

Creators: National Academy of Design (U.S.) Caskey-Lees (Firm)

GUSN: 331923

Call Number: Coll. NK3712.N5.N53 2007

Selected letters of Josiah Wedgwood,edited by Ann Finer and George Savage.

x, 375 pages illustrations, facsimiles, color portraits 25 cm

Date: [1965]

Creators: Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795. Finer, Ann, editor. Savage, George, 1909-1982, editor.

GUSN: 331924

Call Number: Coll. NK4335.W4

Wedgwood ABC but not middle E,by Harry M. Buten.

xv, 112 pages illustrations 27 cm

Date: [1964]

Creators: Buten, Harry M.

GUSN: 331928

Call Number: Coll. NK4335.B72 1964

The illustrated guide to Mason's Patent Ironstone china:the related ware - 'stone china', 'new stone', 'granite china' - and their manufacturers[by] Geoffrey A. Godden.

xiv, 175 pages, 88 plates illustrations (some color) 26 cm.

Date: 1971.

Creators: Godden, Geoffrey A.

GUSN: 331929

Call Number: Coll. NK4210. M3

A mighty storm :stories of resilience after Irene /Yvonne Daley.

139 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm

Date: Ã2011.

Creators: Daley, Yvonne.

GUSN: 332411

Call Number: Stacks HV636 2011.V5

Historic Portsmouth :early photographs from the collections of Strawbery Banke /original text by James L. Garvin ; revised by Susan Grigg.

1 online resource (pages cm.)

Date: 1995.

Creators: Garvin, James L. Grigg, Susan. Strawbery Banke, Inc.

GUSN: 332412

Call Number: Stacks F44.P8 G37 1995

Massachusetts masterpieces :the decoy as art /by Gwladys Hopkins ; foreword by Robert Shaw ; introductory notes by Gary Clayton, President, Mass Audubon [and] Amy T. Montague, Director, Museum of American Bird Art.

127 pages : illustrations, photographs, maps, portraits ; 25 x 32 cm., A study of the art of wooden duck decoys and the lives of their Massachusetts carvers.

Creators: Hopkins, Gwladys, author. Shaw, Robert, 1951- author of introduction, etc. Clayton, Gary, author of introduction, etc. Montague, Amy T., author of introduction, etc.

GUSN: 332464

Call Number: Stacks TT199.75

Historic New England :a tour of the region's top 100 national landmarks /by Patricia Harris and David Lyon.

xi, 241 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm, "The six New England states have nearly 400 national landmarks, including historic houses, tall ships, and quirky sites like carousels and the oldest weather station in the country. Perfect for the armchair traveler or history buff."--Provided by publishe...

Creators: Harris, Patricia, 1949- author. Lyon, David, 1949- author.

GUSN: 332465

Call Number: Stacks F5.H376 2018

Staircase

Staircase section with paint removed. Simple square newel and handrail with molding, raised field panel in parallelogram shape.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), softwood

GUSN: 62

Accession Number: 1963.397

Staircase

Heavily proportioned staircase trim, painted white; included are squat turned balusters, stringers with molding along the top, handrail with outside molding only and a turned newel at the foot of the stairs. All newels have turned knobs on the top.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 63

Accession Number: 1967.67A-H

Rustication

A: consists of 3 quoins, painted white. B: consists of 1 quoin with white paint and some evidence of red paint; three beveled edges. D: consists of 2 quoins.

Date: ca. 1770

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 64

Accession Number: 1959.95ABD

Bargeboard

Ornamental barge detail with a bandsaw finial pattern, chiseled surface ornament and beveled edges; butted one end, mitered on the other; painted brown.

Date: ca. 1846

Maker: Davis, Alexander Jackson, Mr. (Architect)

Material: beveling, painting (coating), sawing, softwood

GUSN: 65

Accession Number: 1959.101

Clapboard

Sheathing board with two bevelled edges; clapboards with feathered edges are nailed to it with wrought nails; cream/yellow paint.

Date: ca. 1688

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, painting (coating), softwood, metal

GUSN: 66

Accession Number: 1933.1821

Sheathing

Shadow-molded sheathing with rabbet and very shallow shadow-molding along both long edges; traces of plaster or whitewash; nail holes along sides and bottom groove in center.

Date: 1650-1699

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 67

Accession Number: 1960.44

Sheathing

Shadow-molded sheathing boards; grooves in each side to receive splines.

Date: 1681

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), softwood

GUSN: 69

Accession Number: 1965.158AB

Sheathing board

Sheathing board with one feathered edge and one quarter-round molded edge over a rabbet; has traces of whitewash or white paint.

Date: 1720-1730

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood, whitewashing (coating)

GUSN: 70

Accession Number: 1965.173.1B

Sheathing

Sheathing with shadow molding; no paint.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), softwood

GUSN: 71

Accession Number: 1959.87

Sheathing

Shadow molded sheathing with rabbeted edges and diagonal lath markings over entire face.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 72

Accession Number: 1959.91

Trim

Piece of board with shadow molding running along one rabbeted edge.

Date: ca. 1672

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), oak (wood)

GUSN: 73

Accession Number: 1959.132

Sheathing

Shadow molded sheathing with bevel along one edge, break along opposite edge; white paint on face.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 74

Accession Number: 1959.133AB

Sheathing

Sheathing with red paint and wallpaper c. 1810, now in two sections. One end broken, the other has a groove.

Date: ca. 1720

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 76

Accession Number: 1969.238AB

Sheathing

A: Sheathing with shadow molding on both sides. Evidence of a rabbet now broken off along the molded edge. Lath and plaster was later applied on one side. B: Many nails holes on very weathered side (from clapboards). C: unpainted sheathing fragment with shadow molding one side, and adjacent rab...

Date: 1600-1699

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), softwood

GUSN: 77

Accession Number: 1962.7A-C

Wallpapered board

Sheathing, unfinished on both sides and rabbeted along both edges. Wallpaper fragrments attached. Amorphous design alternating with stylized foliate vine on striped paper. Printed in black, white, and green on blue ground. Straight match. Heavy loss of pigment.

Date: 1763

Maker: Zechariah Mills (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 78

Accession Number: 1959.131

Bracket

Short diagonal support/bracket with curved face and numerous wrought nails.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 79

Accession Number: 1914.112A

Mantel

Mantel painted white with paired fluted Ionic columns on either side of the fireplace opening.

Date: 1868 ?-1899 ?

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 82

Accession Number: 1973.74

Boss

Three bosses. Carved leaf and pinecone design with cut nails and white paint.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 83

Accession Number: 1961.137B-D

Window Sash

Six-light sash (3 over 3); recessed socket (locking hardware?) in bottom rail; gray paint on exterior and white paint on interior.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 85

Accession Number: 1960.51

Lath

Riven lath.

Date: ca. 1717

Maker: unknown

Material: splitting, softwood

GUSN: 86

Accession Number: 1969.250

Splat

Pieces of pierced splats, carved seemingly in simulation of regency cast iron balusters.

Date: ca. 1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 88

Accession Number: 1916.122A-D

Mantel Shelf and Frieze

Mantel shelf and frieze with beige paint. The frieze consists of fretwork, fluting, and latticework.

Date: 1800

Maker: AFTER Pain, William (Maker)

Material: fluting, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 89

Accession Number: 1980.185

Breeches

Tan with white lining; three pockets; three large self-covered buttons at waist with placket and two buttons below; gathered along waist at back with two pairs handstitched eyes for lacing; five small self-covered buttons and placket at leg opening.

Date: ca. 1775

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 90

Accession Number: 1923.190

Military Pants

Navy blue with blue wool piping along pant leg seam; full cut; button front with placket; coin pocket and two side pockets with button flap; blue silk waist lining; buckle and strap closure; pant hem is lined with buckram.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 91

Accession Number: 1929.627A

PANTS

Black; knitted; ankle length; fall front; 3 pockets; white lining; self covered buttons; one pair eyes and ties at back with gusset.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, knitting (process), silk (textile)

GUSN: 92

Accession Number: 1935.804

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