Historic New England

Trailblazing women printmakers :Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios and the Folly Cove Designers /Elena M. Sarni.

224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 x 21 cm, "The Folly Cove Designers (officially 1941-1969) was a grassroots collective of predominantly women block printers founded by Caldecott Award-winner and beloved children's book author/illustrator Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios (of Mike Mulligan ...

Creators: Sarni, Elena M., author. Princeton Architectural Press,

GUSN: 368652

Call Number: Stacks NE539.B87 S27 2023

The commercial landscape of Boston in 1800 :documentary and archaeological perspectives on the geography of retail shopkeeping /by Gayle Elizabeth Sawtelle.

xiv, 458 pages : illustrations, maps

Creators: Sawtelle, Gayle Elizabeth.

GUSN: 368653

Call Number: Stacks HF5429.5.B6 S28 1999

Interiors de luxe.

55 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 x 36 cm

Date: 1926.

Creators: Sanford Mills (Sanford, Me.)

GUSN: 368654

Call Number: Stacks NK2004.I68 1926

Envois of the Rotch travelling scholarship, 1885-1892;being a series of measured drawings of European architecture,made for the trustees by holders of the Rotch scholarship, together with the successful designs submitted in the competitions.

11 unnumbered pages 62 plates (including plans) 41 cm

Date: 1896.

Creators: Boston Society of Architects. Rotch Scholarship Committee.

GUSN: 368655

Call Number: Stacks NA2340.B6 1896

The Petit Trianon :being a reproduction of plates from a work by James A. Arnott and John Wilson, architects, of Edinburgh. The Rotch traveling scholarship envois /by Joseph Maginnisse.

6 leaves, 83 leaves of plates, [6] pages, [209]-286 pages : chiefly illustrations, plans ; 35 cm.

Date: 1913.

Creators: Arnott, James A. (James Alexander) Wilson, John, 1877- Maginnisse, Joseph. Rotch traveling scholarship envois.

GUSN: 368656

Call Number: Stacks NA1046.A76q

Copyright law of the United States of America :contained in title 17 of the United States Code.

175 pages ; 23 cm

Date: 1996

Creators: Library of Congress. Copyright Office.

GUSN: 368657

Call Number: Stacks KF2994.A2 U5 1996

Ethics and the archival profession :introduction and case studies /Karen Benedict.

2 preliminary leaves, 91 pages ; 23 cm, Ethics codes define societal expectations for individual and institutional moral conduct and performance. This volume of fourty case studies considers nearly every facet of professional archival work--from appraisal and administration to reference and the work...

Date: Ã2003.

Creators: Benedict, Karen M. Society of American Archivists,

GUSN: 368658

Call Number: Stacks CD971.B46 2003

American Daguerreian art /Floyd and Marion Rinhart.

ix, 135 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm, Survey of the work of the early American photographer-artists, who from 1840 to 1860 created a lasting portrait of an age.

Creators: Rinhart, Floyd, author. Rinhart, Marion, author. Clarkson N. Potter (Firm),

GUSN: 368659

Call Number: Stacks TR365.R47 1967

Understanding use :objects in museums of science and technology /edited by Tim Boon, Elizabeth Haines, Arnaud Dubois, and Klaus Staubermann.

v, 242 pages ; 26 cm, "This volume proposes a way of thinking, and of developing practice, around three varieties of the use of science and technology museum objects: first, the ways that machines, instruments and equipment were used in their pre-museum 'lives' (which use provides the most frequent ...

Creators: Boon, Tim, editor. Haines, Elizabeth (Elizabeth V.), editor. Dubois, Arnaud, editor. Staubermann, K. B. (Klaus B.), editor.

GUSN: 368660

Call Number: Coll. T179.U53 2024

Our science, ourselves :how gender, race, and social movements shaped the study of science /Christa Kuljian, University of Massachusetts Press.

ix, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm., "When Christa Kuljian arrived on the Harvard College campus as a first-year student in the fall of 1980 with copies of Our Bodies, Ourselves and Ms. magazine, she was concerned that the women's movement had peaked in the previous ...

Creators: Kuljian, Christa, author

GUSN: 368733

Call Number: Stacks HQ1155.K85 2024

More than blue, more than Yankee :complexity and change in New England politics /edited by Amy Fried and Erin O'Brien.

xii, 267 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm, "New England politics can, at first blush, appear monochromatic. After all, only one member of the entire region's current delegation to the US Congress is a Republican; in contrast, only two states in the region-Rhode Island and Connecticut-had Democrati...

Creators: Fried, Amy, editor. O'Brien, Erin E., editor.

GUSN: 368734

Call Number: Stacks JK2295.N53 M67 2024

Chroniques de New York :romans, nouvelles /Edith Wharton ; édition établie et présentée par Emmanuelle Delanoë-Brun et Anne Ullmo.

1274 pages : illustrations, portraits, fac-similés ; 21 cm., (S0 0 (BElle est là, autour de vous. Ne passez pas à côté – l’immédiat, le réel, le nôtre, le vôtre, celui du romancier qu’il attend… Faites New York ! (S1 (B(Henri James à Edith Wharton, 1902).Sur le conseil du romancier Henry James, l’Am...

Creators: Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, auteur. Delanoë-Brun, Emmanuelle, éditeur intellectuel, auteur. Ullmo, Anne, éditeur intellectuel, auteur. Chénetier, Marc, 1946- traducteur. Malroux, Claire, traducteur. Mayoux, Suzanne V., traducteur. Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. House of mirth. Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Custom of the country. Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Age of innocence. Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Old New York.

GUSN: 368735

Call Number: Stacks PS3545.H16 C4 2024

The early furniture of French Canada /Jean Palardy ; translated from the French by Eric McLean.

411 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Date: 1978, Ã1963.

Creators: Palardy, Jean, 1905-1991. McLean, Eric.

GUSN: 368867

Call Number: Coll NK2442.P313 1978

America and the daguerreotype /edited by John Wood.

xii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm, Now available in paperback, America and the Daguerreo-type brings together 200 previously unpublished images (28 in full color) as it examines the earliest photographic process and its effect on the way we view ourselves. For this collection, John Wood selecte...

Creators: Wood, John, 1947 January 2- editor. Hendel, Richard, book designer. Kilgo, Dolores Ann, 1940- contributor. Stilgoe, John R., 1949- contributor. Stannard, David E., contributor. Johnson, Brooks, 1954- contributor. Graf, John F., 1962- contributor. Palmquist, Peter E., contributor. Verhulst, Jeanne, contributor. University of Iowa Press,

GUSN: 368868

Call Number: Stacks TR365.A47 1991

Architecture follows fish :an amphibious history of the North Atlantic /André Tavares.

277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm, "To what extent can a fish produce architecture? This book sets out to trace a socioecological history of North Atlantic architecture in relation to fisheries, thus shedding light on the connection that exists between the transformation of marine environments...

Creators: Tavares, André, 1976- author.

GUSN: 368869

Call Number: Stacks NA2543.S6 T38 2024

Catalogue, Boston Architectural Club Exhibition 1904 :in the gallery of The Boston Art Club, Dartmouth corner Newbury Street, from May 2nd to 14th inclusive.

146 pages : chiefly illustrations, plans ; 24 cm

Date: Ã1904.

Creators: Boston Architectural Club (1904)

GUSN: 368874

Call Number: Stacks NA2400.B7 B67 1904

One thing and another :gathered together by Charlotte Loring Lowell.

79 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm

Date: Ã1971.

Creators: Lowell, Charlotte Loring.

GUSN: 369748

Call Number: Stacks PS586.L68 1971

The art collection of the late Mr. & Mrs. Charles E.F. McCann :English XVII and XVIII century furniture ... /sold by the heirs.

332 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: 1942.

Creators: McCann, Charles E. F. Parke-Bernet Galleries.

GUSN: 369749

Call Number: 85M Stacks N5220.M25 x.M25 x

Catalogue of the Boston Architectural Club exhibition 1906 :at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square, from November 5 to November 24, inclusive.

156 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Date: [1906]

Creators: Boston Architectural Club. Boston Public Library.

GUSN: 369750

Call Number: 85 M Stacks NA2400.B7 B67 1906

The Boston almanac for the year 1845. /By S.N. Dickinson.

166, [2] p., 1 folded leaf of plates : ill., map ; 14 cm.

Date: c1844.

Creators: Dickinson, Samuel N. (Samuel Nelson), 1801-1848. Peirce, Benjamin, 1809-1880. Smith, Jerome Van Crowninshield, 1800-1879. Dickinson, Samuel N. (Samuel Nelson), 1801-1848, printer. Boynton, George W., -1884, engraver. Thomas Groom & Co.,

GUSN: 369751

Call Number: Stacks AY201.B7 B669

The run of the mill :a pictorial narrative of the expansion, dominion, decline, and enduring impact of the New England textile industry /by Steve Dunwell.

xi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm, Portrait of the human, mechanical and environmental determinants of New England's textile industry, the social, technological, cultural, and economic factors that perpetrated its creation, consolidation and decline and the remaining legacy.

Date: 1978.

Creators: Dunwell, Steve.

GUSN: 369756

Call Number: 85M Stacks HD9857.A1 D861978

The collectors' book of English antiques /Geoffrey Wills and Edward T. Joy.

104, 96 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Date: [197-?]

Creators: Wills, Geoffrey. Joy, Edward Thomas, author.

GUSN: 373861

Call Number: Coll. NK2528.W5 1964

American furniture of the colonial period /Marvin D. Schwartz.

93 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Creators: Schwartz, Marvin D., author of textual content. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),

GUSN: 373862

Call Number: Coll. NK2406.N37 1976

The Popular antiques yearbook :current trends and prices of everyday antiques /edited by Huon Mallalieu.

240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Date: 1985.

Creators: Mallalieu, Huon.

GUSN: 373863

Call Number: Coll. NK1125.P64 1985

Housekeeping with antiques.

viii, 175 pages 24 cm, "In this book you will learn how to create a happy home for antiques; maintain the mellow patina of wood; care for silver, brass, copper, and other metals with a polished glow; treat textiles with tender loving care; maintain the luster and gleam of glass and china; preserve p...

Date: [1971]

Creators: McGrath, Lee Parr.

GUSN: 373864

Call Number: Coll. NK1127.5.M3 1971

Massachusetts of today :a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago /prepared under the direction of Daniel P. Toomey ; ed. by Thomas C. Quinn.

619 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm.

Date: 1892.

Creators: Toomey, Daniel P. Quinn, Thomas Charles, 1864-1928, editor. Massachusetts Board of Managers, World's Fair, 1893.

GUSN: 373865

Call Number: Ref F63.T67 1892

Antique picture frame guide,by Richard A. Maryanski. Edited by Anne Lunde.

80 pages illustrations (some color) 29 cm

Date: [1973]

Creators: Maryanski, Richard A.

GUSN: 381249

Call Number: Cons. N8550.M36

The secret lives of frames :one hundred years of art and artistry /Deborah Davis ; photographs by Gerardo Somoza.

223 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Creators: Davis, Deborah, 1952- author. Somoza, Gerardo, photographer.

GUSN: 381250

Call Number: Cons. N8550.D34 2007

Selections VI /Brock & Co.

48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: Ã2008.

Creators: Brock & Company (Carlisle, Mass.)

GUSN: 381251

Call Number: Cons. ND210.B746 2008

A history of European picture frames /Paul Mitchell and Lynn Roberts.

136 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm, "This book is the culmination of over twenty years' work by Mitchell and Roberts, widely known frame historians and consultants. They have undertaken photographic surveys of frames in most major museums in Europe and North America, as well as in many historic house...

Creators: Mitchell, Paul, author. Roberts, Lynn, author.

GUSN: 381252

Call Number: Cons. N8551.E85 M58 1996

Frameworks :form, function & ornament in European portrait frames /Paul Mitchell & Lynn Roberts.

480 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm, Dist. for Merrell Holberton, London.

Date: 1996.

Creators: Mitchell, Paul. Roberts, Lynn.

GUSN: 381253

Call Number: Cons. NK9742.M58 1996

Frames /Nicholas Penny.

64 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm., Frames often catch the eye and arouse the curiosity of visitors to galleries and museums, yet labels and catalogues rarely comment on them. In this elegant survey, Nicholas Penny conveys his passionate interest in the history of frames, the design and techniq...

Date: 1997.

Creators: Penny, Nicholas, 1949-

GUSN: 381254

Call Number: Cons N8550.P46 1997

The Gilder's manual :a complete practical guide to gilding in all its branches : designed for all trades in which gilding is used, including silvering : together with picture framing, picture repairing, and much other useful information, valuable receipts, &c.

135 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Date: [1990]

Creators: Society of Gilders. Jesse Haney & Co. (New York, N.Y.)

GUSN: 381255

Call Number: Cons. TT380.G468 1990

Frames and framing /Timothy Newbery.

80 pages, 34 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm., This study of picture frames by Newbery, a framer and frame conservator, is illustrated entirely from the Ashmolean's diverse collection of original frames, dating from early 14th-century Italy to 20th-century England.

Date: 2002.

Creators: Newbery, Timothy J. Ashmolean Museum.

GUSN: 381256

Call Number: Cons. N8550.N49 2002

The right frame :a consideration of the right and wrong methods of framing pictures /by Henry Heydenryk.

iii, 107 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Date: [1993]

Creators: Heydenryk, Henry.

GUSN: 381257

Call Number: Cons. N8550.H43 1993

Off the wall :wonderful wall coverings of the twentieth century /Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker ; in association with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

120 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm, "Off the Wall is a visual survey of wallpapers of the past one hundred years, from gentle florals to exotic travel themes to merry nursery rhyme murals to Op art fantasias. Discerning text and captions complement more than 100 stunning reproductions of classi...

Date: Ã2004.

Creators: Lenécek, Lena. Bosker, Gideon. Cooper-Hewitt Museum.

GUSN: 381258

Call Number: Cons. NK3400.L45 2004

SERVICE: Blue and white; network and scallop border (network inner border); right-oriented landscape scene of bridge to rocky land, foreground; two two-story pavillions, one with cross in gable and bent figure in window; tree at end of peninsula; two rocky outcroppings with buildings, left rear and ...

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 3497

Accession Number: 1990.252.10

Sauce boat

SERVICE: Blue and white; network and scallop border (network inner border); right-oriented landscape scene of bridge to rocky land, foreground; two two-story pavillions, one with cross in gable and bent figure in window; tree at end of peninsula; two rocky outcroppings with buildings, left rear and ...

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 3498

Accession Number: 1990.252.11

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