Historic New England

Vasemania :neoclassical form and ornament in Europe : selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art /Heather Jane McCormick, Hans Ottomeyer ; with contributions by Master's and Doctoral students of the Bard Graduate Center ; Stefanie Walker, editor.

xi, 194 p. : ill. ; 29 cm., "When the ancient sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii were excavated in the eighteenth century, the objects found there renewed artistic interest in classicism. Neoclassical style and imagery permeated paintings, sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts of the period, and a...

Date: c2004.

Creators: McCormick, Heather Jane. Ottomeyer, Hans. Walker, Stephanie. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture.

GUSN: 270350

Call Number: Coll. NK9558.M33 2004

American painted floors before 1840 /Ann Eckert Brown.

xvi, 135 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: c2008

Creators: Brown, Ann Eckert.

GUSN: 270351

Call Number: Coll. N3503.A1 B76 2008

Exhibit labels :an interpretive approach /Beverly Serrell.

xv, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1996.

Creators: Serrell, Beverly, 1943-

GUSN: 270352

Call Number: Coll. AM157.S46 1996

Hungarian ceramics from the Zsolnay manufactory, 1853-2001 /edited by Éva Csenkey and Ágota Steinert ; Piroska Ács ... [et al.].

268 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.

Date: c2002.

Creators: Csenkey, Éva. Steinert, Ágota. Ács, Piroska. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture.

GUSN: 270353

Call Number: Coll. NK4210.P43 A4 2002

Kitchens, smokehouses, and privies :outbuildings and the architecture of daily life in the eighteenth-century Mid-Atlantic /Michael Olmert.

xvi, 286 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: 2009.

Creators: Olmert, Michael.

GUSN: 270354

Call Number: Coll. NA8301.O46 2009

Pincushions /Averil Colby.

120 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: 1975.

Creators: Colby, Averil.

GUSN: 270355

Call Number: Coll. TT899.3.C64 1975

An illustrated dictionary of jewelry :2,530 entries, including definitions of jewels, gemstones, materials, processes, and styles, and entries on principal designers and makers from antiquity to the present day /Harold Newman.

334 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: 2005

Creators: Newman, Harold.

GUSN: 270356

Call Number: Coll. NK7304.N43 1987

Jewels and jewelry /Clare Phillips ; photography by Ian Thomas.

160 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm., "Ranging from exquisite early medieval and Renaissance pieces to today's modern designs, Jewels and Jewelry celebrates the jewelry collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Objects from both Europe and North America illustrate every important style, from th...

Date: 2000.

Creators: Phillips, Clare.

GUSN: 270357

Call Number: Coll. NK7302.5.G7 L636 2000

American & European jewelry, 1830-1914 /Charlotte Gere.

240 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: 1975.

Creators: Gere, Charlotte.

GUSN: 270358

Call Number: Coll. NK7312.G47 1975

A.W.N. Pugin :master of Gothic revival /Megan Aldrich ... [et al.] ; Paul Atterbury, editor.

415 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: c1995.

Creators: Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852. Aldrich, Megan Brewster. Atterbury, Paul. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts.

GUSN: 270359

Call Number: Coll. NA997.P9 A4 1995

Josef Frank, architect and designer :an alternative vision of the modern home /Leon Botstein ... [et al.] ; Nina Stritzler-Levine, editor.

311 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 31 cm., Exhibition catalog.

Date: c1996.

Creators: Frank, Josef, 1885-1967. Botstein, Leon. Stritzler-Levine, Nina. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts.

GUSN: 270360

Call Number: Coll. NA1011.5.F7 A4 1996

E.W. Godwin :aesthetic movement architect and designer /Susan Weber Soros, editor ; Catherine Arbuthnott ... [et al.].

431 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: c1999.

Creators: Godwin, E. W. (Edward William), 1833-1886. Soros, Susan Weber. Arbuthnott, Catherine. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts.

GUSN: 270361

Call Number: Coll. NA997.G6 A4 1999

The brilliance of Swedish glass, 1918-1939 :an alliance of art and industry /Anne-Marie Ericsson ... [et al.] ; Derek E. Ostergard and Nina Stritzler-Levine, editors.

336 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm., "Since the mid-1920s Swedish glass has been synonymous with excellence in design and craftsmanship. It has become the most highly acclaimed product of the Swedish applied arts industries in the international marketplace, virtually unrivaled by glassmakers elsewher...

Date: c1996.

Creators: Ericsson, Anne-Marie. Ostergard, Derek E. Stritzler-Levine, Nina.

GUSN: 270362

Call Number: Coll. NK5161.A1 B74 1996

The beginners' book in French,with humorous illustrations,by Sophie Doriot.

vi p., 1 Á., 298 p. illus. 19 cm.

Date: [1890, c1866]

Creators: Doriot, Sophie.

GUSN: 270363

Call Number: Rare PC2111.D63

American steam vessels,by Samuel Ward Stanton.

498, [2] p. illus. (part col.) 21 x 30 cm.

Date: 1895.

Creators: Stanton, Samuel Ward.

GUSN: 270364

Call Number: Rare VM623.S7 1895

Girth control :for womanly beauty, manly strength, health and a long life for everybody /by Henry T. Finck.

xvii, 342 p. : diagrs. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1923.

Creators: Finck, Henry Theophilus, 1854-1926.

GUSN: 270572

Call Number: Stacks RC813.F5 1923

Life on the ocean :or Twenty years at sea: being the personal adventures of the author /by George Little.

395 p. : front., plates ; 20 cm.

Date: 1845.

Creators: Little, George, b. 1791.

GUSN: 270573

Call Number: Stacks G540.L72 1845

The "Bab" ballads :much sound and little sense /by W.S. Gilbert. ; cmplete edition in one volume, including the "Bab ballads" and "More Bab ballads" ; with 215 illustrations by the author.

viii, 309 p. : front., ill. ; 19 cm.

Date: [1884?]

Creators: Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911. George Routledge and Sons.

GUSN: 270574

Call Number: Stacks PR4713.B3 1884

The history of the hen fever.A humorous record.By Geo. P. Burnham. In one volume. Illustrated.

viii, [9]-326, [7] p. front. (port.) illus. 19 cm.

Date: [c1855]

Creators: Burnham, George Pickering, 1814-1902.

GUSN: 270575

Call Number: Stacks SF487.B96 1855

The bashful earthquake& other fables and verses,by Oliver Herford; with many pictures by the author.

viii, 126 p. front., illus. 20 cm.

Date: 1898.

Creators: Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935.

GUSN: 270576

Call Number: Stacks PS3515.E62 B3 1898

My lady Nicotine :a study in smoke /by J.M. Barrie ; illustrated by M.B. Prendergast.

xiii, [1], 276 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.

Date: 1896.

Creators: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937. Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1858-1924.

GUSN: 270577

Call Number: Stacks PR4074.M95 1896

Twenty thousand leagues under the seas, or, The marvellous and exciting adventures of Pierre Aronnax, Conseil his servant, and Ned Land, a Canadian harpooner /translated from the French of Jules Verne.

xiii, 303 p., [110] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1873.

Creators: Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.

GUSN: 270578

Call Number: Rare PQ2469.V4 E5 1873

The Nursery.

v. : ill. ; 21 cm., "A monthly magazine for yougest readers."

GUSN: 270579

Call Number: 85M Stacks AP201.N8 1869 (and 3 more)

Deeply rooted :New Hampshire traditions in wood /Jill Linzee and Michael P. Chaney.

ix, 54 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: c1997.

Creators: Linzee, Jill I. (Jill Inman) Chaney, Michael P., 1957- University of New Hampshire. Art Gallery.

GUSN: 270580

Call Number: Coll. NK9712.L56 1997

Documented furniture :an introduction to the collections /by Jean M. Burks.

23 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1989.

Creators: Burks, Jean M., 1949- Shaker Village, Inc.

GUSN: 270581

Call Number: Coll. BX9784.B87 1989

Mount Vernon :an illustrated handbook.

114 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 23 cm.

Date: c1972.

Creators: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union.

GUSN: 270582

Call Number: Stacks E312.5.M782 1972

"It wasn't in her lifetime, but it was handed down" :four Black oral histories of Massachusetts /edited by Eleanor Wachs (Commonwealth Museum at Columbia Point).

v, 40 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.

Date: [1989]

Creators: Wachs, Eleanor F. Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Commonwealth Museum at Columbia Point.

GUSN: 270583

Call Number: Stacks E185.93.M3 I8 1989

The Beacon guide to New England houses of worship :an architectural companion /G.E. Kidder Smith.

xxii, 187 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Date: c1989.

Creators: Smith, G. E. Kidder (George Everard Kidder), 1913-1997.

GUSN: 270584

Call Number: Stacks NA5215.S6 1989

Ballads of home.With forty full-page illustrations ...

166 p. illus. incl. front. 23 cm.

Date: [1875]

Creators: Baker, George Melville, 1832-1890, ed.

GUSN: 270585

Call Number: Stacks PS477.5.C45 B3

Mrs. Seton, foundress of the American Sisters of Charity /Joseph I. Dirvin.

xix, 498 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1975.

Creators: Dirvin, Joseph I.

GUSN: 270586

Call Number: Stacks BX4705.S57 D5 1975

Making educated decisions :a landscape preservation bibliography /edited by Charles A. Birnbaum, Cheryl Wagner ; research assistant, Jean S. Jones.

v, 160 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1994.

Creators: Birnbaum, Charles A. Wagner, Cheryl, 1956- Jones, Jean S.

GUSN: 270587

Call Number: Stacks Z5940.M34 1994

Preserving your old house /a publication of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

[34] p. : ill.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Phillips, Morgan W. 8 most common mistakes in restoring old houses (... and how to avoid them) Hart, David M. How to date a house. Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

GUSN: 270588

Call Number: Stacks TH4816.P7

The vanishing feast :how dwindling genetic diversity threatens the world's food supply /Dorothy Hinshaw Patent.

xii, 180 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., Explains the importance of maintaining plant & animal diversity & describes experiments with genetic engineering & factory farming. Annotation. The award-winning author explores the issue of biodiversity, how it is threatened, and how we can preserve it. This informative...

Date: c1994.

Creators: Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw.

GUSN: 270589

Call Number: Stacks S494.3.P38 1994

The carpentry shop :an historic structure report /by E. Blaine Cliver.

31 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1989.

Creators: Cliver, E. Blaine. Shaker Village, Inc.

GUSN: 270590

Call Number: Stacks TH4541.C58 1989

Decorative and ornamental brickwork :162 photographic illustrations /James Stokoe.

vii, 87 p. : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Stokoe, James.

GUSN: 270591

Call Number: Stacks TH1301.S86 1982

Pioneers of American landscape design II :an annotated bibliography /edited by Charles A. Birnbaum and Julie K. Fix.

186 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Date: 1995.

Creators: Birnbaum, Charles A. Fix, Julie K. Historic Landscape Initiative (Project)

GUSN: 270592

Call Number: 85M Stacks Z5996.5.U6 P562 1995

The Secretary of the Interior's standards for the treatment of historic properties :with guidelines for the treatment of cultural landscapes /edited by Charles A. Birnbaum with Christine Capella Peters ; designed by Charles A. Birnbaum and Kathleen J. Madigan.

viii, 148 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Date: 1996.

Creators: Birnbaum, Charles A. Capella Peters, Christine, 1957- United States. Dept. of the Interior. Historic Landscape Initiative (Project)

GUSN: 270593

Call Number: Stacks SB472.8.U55 1996

Rhode Island place :a guide and self-diagnostic checklist for protecting your town's character /by Philip B. Herr.

28 p. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1991.

Creators: Herr, Philip B. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. Northeast Regional Office.

GUSN: 270594

Call Number: Stacks HT393.R4 H47 1991

Maine place :a guide and self-diagnostic checklist for protecting your town's character /by Philip B. Herr.

28 p. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1991.

Creators: Herr, Philip B. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. Northeast Regional Office.

GUSN: 270595

Call Number: Stacks HT393.M2 H47 1991

New Hampshire place :a guide and self-diagnostic checklist for protecting your town's character /by Philip B. Herr.

28 p. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1991.

Creators: Herr, Philip B. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. Northeast Regional Office.

GUSN: 270596

Call Number: Stacks HT393.N48 H47 1991

Massachusetts place :a guide and self-diagnostic checklist for protecting your town's character /by Philip B. Herr.

28 p. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1991.

Creators: Herr, Philip B. National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States. Northeast Regional Office.

GUSN: 270597

Call Number: Stacks HT393.M42 H47 1991

The growth of industrial art /arranged and compiled under the supervision of the Hon. Benj. Butterworth, commissioner of patents, and representative of the Department of the Interior on United States Government Board ... reproduced and printed in pursuance of act of Congress March 3, 1886, and acts supplementary thereto.

200 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 51 cm., Oversize bound volume of 200 plates. The plates illustrate the industrial history (primitive times to 1888) and development of a vast variety of manufactured implements, agricultural tools, dairy, construction, transportation, household goods, ma...

Date: 1888.

Creators: Butterworth, Benjamin, 1837-1898. United States. Patent Office. United States. Congress House. (52nd, 2nd session : 1892-1893).

GUSN: 270713

Call Number: Rare Ovr. T15.U6 1888

Architectural sketches from the continent.By Richard Norman Shaw.

7 p.l., 100 pl. chiefly ill. 43 cm.

Date: 1872.

Creators: Shaw, Richard Norman, 1831-1912.

GUSN: 270714

Call Number: Rare Ovr. NA951.S5 1872

Modern architecture: being a series of designs for street elevations,shop fronts, buildings adapted for towns and the embellishment of gentlemen's demesnes, for labourers' cottages, &c. With specifications, estimates, quantities, prices, & other practical remarks.By S.H. Brooks ...

viii, 48 p. XXXVI (i.e. 35) pl. (1 double) 42 cm.

Date: 1852.

Creators: Brooks, S. H. (Samuel H.)

GUSN: 270715

Call Number: Rare Ovr. NA2620.B8 1852

Specimens of mediaeval architecture :chiefly selected from examples of the 12th and 13th centuries in France & Italy /and drawn by W. Eden Nesfield.

[12] p., 100 leaves of plates (one col.) : ill. ; 44 cm.

Date: 1862.

Creators: Nesfield, W. Eden (William Eden), 1835-1888.

GUSN: 270716

Call Number: Rare Ovr. NA351.N45 1862

The world of ornament :complete coloured reprint of L'Ornement polychrome (1869-1888) & L'Ornement des tissus (1877) /Introduction by David Batterham = Die Welt der Ornamente : vollständiger kolorierter Nachdruck von L'Ornement polychrome (1869-1888) & L'Ornement des tissus (1877) / Einleitung von David Batterham = L'Univers de l'ornement : réimpression complète en couleur de L'Ornement polychrome (1869-1888) & L'Ornement des tissus (1877) / Introduction par David Batterham.

528 p. : col. ill. ; 45 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Date: c2006.

Creators: Batterham, David. Racinet, A. (Auguste), 1825-1893. Ornement polychrome. Dupont-Auberville, A. Ornement des tissus.

GUSN: 270717

Call Number: Rare NK1548.W67 2006

The coming of Theodora[a novel]by Eliza Orne White ...

[2] Á., 304 p. 18 cm.

Date: 1895.

Creators: White, Eliza Orne, 1856-1947.

GUSN: 270743

Call Number: PHI PZ3.W5827 1895

English and Scottish ballads.Selected and ed. by Francis James Child.

8 v. 18 cm.

Date: 1857-58.

Creators: Child, Francis James, 1825-1896, ed.

GUSN: 270744

Call Number: PHI PR1181.C5 1857 V. I (and 7 more)

Tales from "Blackwood" [In twelve volumes]

12 v. 17 cm.

Date: [c1858-61]

GUSN: 270745

Call Number: PHI PZ1.B57 V. I (and 3 more)

Handbook of universal literature :from the best and latest authorities: designed for popular reading and as a textbook for schools and colleges.

18, 567 p. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1860.

Creators: Botta, Anne Charlotte Lynch, 1820-1891.

GUSN: 270746

Call Number: PHI PN524.B7 1860

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