Historic New England

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: illustrations ; 28 cm, Now available in paperback, America and the Daguerreo-type brings together 200 previously unpublished images (28 in full color) as it examines the earliest photographic process and its effect on the way we view ourselves.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

Picture framing /Desmond MacNamara.

119 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: c1994.

Creators: MacNamara, Desmond, 1918-2008.

GUSN: 381259

Call Number: Cons. N8550.M227 1994

Benjamin Blyth :Salem's 18th-century limner in a time of radical upheaval /Bettina A. Norton.

407 pages illustrations, portraits (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Creators: Norton, Bettina A., author.

GUSN: 390237

Call Number: ND1329 c.1 (and 1 more)

Tablespoon

One of a set of three. Silver tablespoon. Rounded spatulate fiddle handle with rounded shoulders and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Warner, Caleb, 1784-1861 (Silversmith) Cogswell, Henry, 1760 C (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 705

Accession Number: 1971.262.3

Mustard Spoon

Silver mustard spoon. Lancaster pattern. Oval bowl.

Date: 1897

Maker: Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 706

Accession Number: 1971.1084

Berry Spoon

Silver berry spoon. Oval handle with a stamped shell-shaped bowl.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Bodge, H. S. (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 707

Accession Number: 1971.1126.1

Soup Spoon

Silver soup spoon with an Alexandra pattern. Round bowl.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Rand & Crane (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 708

Accession Number: 1971.1524

Bonbon Spoon

Silver bonbon spoon. Tab handle with a shell shaped bowl.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 709

Accession Number: 1972.15

Salt Spoon

Silver salt spoon. Ball finial with a straight shaft and a circular bowl.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 710

Accession Number: 1974.246

Mustard Spoon

Silver mustard spoon. Fiddle handle with flared shoulders and an oval bowl.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: Harding, Newell, 1796-1862 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 711

Accession Number: 1974.247

Salt Spoon

Silver salt spoon. Pointed oval handle with a foliate design. Oval bowl.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: Bigelow, Brothers & Kennard (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 712

Accession Number: 1974.254.1

Mustard Spoon

Silver mustard spoon. Rounded handle with pointed shoulders and an oval bowl.

Date: 1827-1833

Maker: Storrs & Cook (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 713

Accession Number: 1974.257

Mustard Spoon

Silver mustard spoon. Oval handle with a thin shaft and an oval bowl. Antique design.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 714

Accession Number: 1974.266

Bonbon Spoon

Silver bonbon spoon with a shield handle. Round bowl with a flared lip.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 715

Accession Number: 1976.118

Sauce Ladle

One of a set of four. Silver sauce ladle. Fiddle handle with threading along the edge. Square shoulders. Oval bowl. Engraved bird on the handle.

Date: 1861

Maker: Lias Brothers

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 716

Accession Number: 1969.640.5.1

Tablespoon

One of a set of twelve. Silver tablespoon. Double-swell spatulate handle. Chamfered shoulder. Pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1839-1840

Maker: Jones, Low & Ball (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 717

Accession Number: 1969.644.4.1

Sauce Ladle

One of a set of two. Silver sauce ladle. Double-swell spatulate handle. Sugarloaf shoulders. Oval bowl.

Date: 1839-1840

Maker: Jones, Low & Ball (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 718

Accession Number: 1969.644.6.1

Waistcoat

Tan silk and wool; this is an incomplete waistcoat-it has been taken apart. There are two pieces and they are the front panels; no collar; cut away style; ten large silk covered buttons; three large buttonholes are stitched closed; one pocket flap missing.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 719

Accession Number: 1923.197AB

Teaspoon

One of a set of twelve. Silver teaspoon. Oval handle with a full midrib. Pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: Christofle (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 720

Accession Number: 1969.646.6.1

Sauce Ladle

Silver sauce ladle. Spatulate handle with midrib. Oval bowl.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: Christofle (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 721

Accession Number: 1969.646.9.1

Dinner Knife

One of a set of twenty four. Silver dinner knife with a notched blade and ivory handle.

Date: 1853-1886

Maker: Holmes, Booth & Haydens (Silversmith)

Material: ivory (tooth component), silver (metal)

GUSN: 722

Accession Number: 1969.501.13

Dinner Fork

Silver dinner fork. Fiddle handle with chamfered shoulders. Acanthus design and an engraved monogram on the handle. Four tines.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Stodder & Frobisher (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 723

Accession Number: 1969.647.2

Fish Knife

Silver fish knife with an ivory handle. Scalloped blade with an upturned tip. Etched floral and fish design.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Stodder & Frobisher (Silversmith)

Material: ivory (tooth component), silver (metal)

GUSN: 724

Accession Number: 1969.684

Windsor Chair

Side chair, Windsor form. Painted hardwood. Step down crest; incised lines around seat; brown with floral decoration on crest and seat front. Slat back with pierced ends and tablet on top.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: Abbott, Susanna (Jaquith), 1797-1896 (Painter) Fraser, Esther Stevens (Restorer)

Material: painting (coating)

GUSN: 725

Accession Number: 1929.173

Windsor Chair

Side chair, Windsor form. Painted hardwood. Step down crest; incised lines around seat; brown with floral decoration on crest and seat front. Slat back with pierced ends and tablet on top.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: Abbott, Susanna (Jaquith), 1797-1896 (Painter) Fraser, Esther Stevens (Restorer)

Material: painting (coating)

GUSN: 726

Accession Number: 1929.174

DEACCESSIONED: Chair

DEACCESSIONED: Side chair. Mahogany, upholstery. Two slats, reeded stiles, rails, legs; needlework upholstery on seat.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: gumwood (wood), mahogany (wood), maple (wood), needlepoint (needleworking), tulipwood (Brazilian, wood), textiles, upholstering

GUSN: 727

Accession Number: 1963.343AB

Armchair

Armchair with shield-shaped upholstered back, open arms; arm supports and legs have stop-fluted decoration; original under-upholstery.

Date: 1793-1797

Maker: Hains, Adam, 1768-1820 + (Furniture worker) Attributed to Bertault, George, 1793 (Upholsterer)

Material: mahogany (wood), ash (wood), upholstery

GUSN: 728

Accession Number: 1967.129

Chair

Two slat back with spindles and turned crest with tablet; shaped, hollowed seat; bamboo-turned legs.

Date: 1825-1860

Maker: Buss, S. (Furniture worker)

Material: painting (coating), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 730

Accession Number: 1956.153B

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