Historic New England

The landscape architecture legacy of Dan Kiley :a guide to the National Traveling Exhibition /sponsored by The Cultural Landscape Foundation.

70 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map, plans ; 21 cm., "This exhibition and catalogue are meant to be an introduction to Kiley's life and work, not an exhaustive survey. By design, the catalogue entries, which present Kiley's projects chronologically, provides a brief history and documentat...

Creators: Cultural Landscape Foundation. Boston Architectural College, National Building Museum (U.S.),

GUSN: 367332

Call Number: Stacks SB470.K55 L36 2013

Practical landscape gardening,with reference to the improvement of rural residences, giving the general principles of the art; with full directions for planting shade trees, shrubbery and flowers, and laying out ground. By G.M. Kern.

328 pages frontispiece, plates, plans 19 cm

Date: 1855.

Creators: Kern, G. M.

GUSN: 367333

Call Number: Stacks SB471.K39

The homes of the new world :impressions of America /by Fredrika Bremer ; translated by Mary Howitt.

2 volumes ; 20 cm

Creators: Bremer, Fredrika, 1801-1865, author. Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham), 1799-1888, translator.

GUSN: 367334

Call Number: Stacks E166.B84 1868

John Warner Barber's views of Connecticut towns 1834-36 /edited by Christopher P. Bickford, J. Bard NcNulty.

xxix, 123 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: Ã1990.

Creators: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885. Bickford, Christopher P. McNulty, J. Bard (John Bard)

GUSN: 367335

Call Number: Stacks F99.B37 1990

White-tipped orange masts :Gloucester's fishing draggers /Peter K. Prybot.

250 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Date: Ã2007.

Creators: Prybot, Peter K.

GUSN: 367336

Call Number: Sracks SH222.M4 P79 2007

Secrets of the water rats :a Rhode Island girlhood, 1930s-1940s /Jean C. McCrosky.

xii, 142 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Date: Ã2003.

Creators: McCrosky, Jean C.

GUSN: 367337

Call Number: Stacks CT275.M4653544 A3 2003

Black Walden :slavery and its aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts /Elise Lemire.

232 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm, Between the Revolution and the settlement of the little cabin with the bean rows, however, Walden Woods was home to several generations of freed slaves and their children. Living on the fringes of society, they attempted to pursue lives of freedom, promised by...

Date: Ã2009.

Creators: Lemire, Elise Virginia.

GUSN: 367338

Call Number: Stacks F74.C8 $b L46 2009

Ballykilcline rising :from famine Ireland to immigrant America /Mary Lee Dunn.

xxii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, "In 1847, in the third year of Ireland's Great Famine and the thirteenth year of their rent strike against the Crown, hundreds of tenant farmers in Ballykilcline, County Roscommon, were evicted by the Queen's agents and shipped to New York. Mary Lee Dunn tell...

Date: Ã2008.

Creators: Dunn, Mary Lee.

GUSN: 367339

Call Number: Stacks F59.R9 D86 2008

George Washington & his generals /by Emily L. Schulz, Laura B. Simo ; foreword by James C. Reese ; introduction by Jack D. Warren, Jr.

190 pages : color illustrations, color maps, color portraits ; 23 cm, "A companion to an exhibition on display February 21, 2009 through January 10, 2010 in the F.M. Kirby Foundation Gallery at the Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center at Mount Vernon."

Date: Ã2009.

Creators: Schulz, Emily L. Simo, Laura B. Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center (Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)) Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union. Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati. William L. Clements Library.

GUSN: 367340

Call Number: Stacks E312.17 S38x 2009

The Baker Chocolate Company :a sweet history /Anthony Sammarco.

126 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm, In 1765, Dr. James Baker of Dorchester stumbled upon Irishman John Hannon crying on the banks of the mighty Neponset River. Hannon, though penniless, possessed the rare skills required to create chocolate--a delicacy exclu...

Date: 2009.

Creators: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell.

GUSN: 367341

Call Number: Stacks HD9200.U54 B357 2009

Beverly revisited.

128 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm., Beverly was first settled by five men known as the "Old Planters" and was incorporated as a town in 1668. Its first minister, Rev. John Hale, was the author of an important work on the Salem witch hysteria. In 1775, the schooner Hannah, the first commissione...

Date: Ã2010.

Creators: Beverly Historical Society.

GUSN: 367342

Call Number: Stacks F74.B35 B62 2010

25 years of Record houses /edited by Herbert L. Smith, Jr.

xii, 207 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm, Describes and illustrates fifty-seven award-winning homes and discusses the approaches they have taken towards space, structure, function, and energy conservation.

Date: Ã1981.

Creators: Smith, Herbert L.

GUSN: 367343

Call Number: Stacks NA7205.A13

Haverhill, Massachusetts :an industrial and commercial center.

260 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Date: 1889.

Creators: Haverhill Board of Trade. Committee on Statistics and Information.

GUSN: 367344

Call Number: Stacks F74.H5 H56

Typical elms and other trees of Massachusetts.Introductory chapter by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Descriptive text by Lorin L. Dame. Plates by Henry Brooks, reproduced by the photogelatine process.

89 pages 58 plates 36 cm

Date: 1890.

Creators: Dame, Lorin Low, 1838-1903. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. Brooks, Henry, 1857-

GUSN: 367345

Call Number: Rare QK484.M4 D2

A space for faith :the colonial meeting houses of New England /Paul Wainwright, photographer ; essay by Peter Benes ; foreword by Brent D. Glass ; commentary by William E. Williams.

xiv, 114 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm, Using only four-by-five-inch sheet film and natural light, photographer Paul Wainwright collected and presents images, both internal and external, of New England's remaining colonial meetinghouses.

Date: Ã2009.

Creators: Wainwright, Paul (Paul Frederick)

GUSN: 367346

Call Number: Stacks NA5215.W35 2009

Richard Andrew :called to paint /Marian G. Mullet, author ; Martha M. Winsor, researcher and editor ; Deborah W. Batt, photographer and graphic designer.

ix, 160 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 31 cm

Date: Ã2010.

Creators: Mullet, Marian G. Winsor, Martha M. Batt, Deborah W.

GUSN: 367347

Call Number: Coll. ND237.A53 M85 2010

Seen and received :the Shakers' private art /Sharon Duane Koomler.

69 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 29 cm

Date: 2000.

Creators: Koomler, Sharon Duane.

GUSN: 367348

Call Number: Stacks NC107.K66 2000

Pawtuxet Rhode Island /Donald A. D'Amato and Henry A.L. Brown.

128 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 1997.

Creators: D'Amato, Donald A., 1931- Brown, Henry A. L., 1931-

GUSN: 367349

Call Number: Stacks F89.P39 D36 1997

Boston's West End /Anthony Mitchell Sammarco.

128 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 24 cm., Features a collection of black-and-white photographs that showcase the development of Boston's West End, as well as the people and places that have come to define it.

Date: Ã1998.

Creators: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell.

GUSN: 367350

Call Number: Stacks F73.68.W47 S36 1998

Davisville and the Seabees /Walter K. Schroder and Gloria A. Emma.

128 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Date: Ã1999.

Creators: Schroder, Walter K., 1928- Emma, Gloria A.

GUSN: 367351

Call Number: Stacks VA66.C6 S35 1999

Braintree /John A. Dennehy.

127 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 2010.

Creators: Dennehy, John A.

GUSN: 367352

Call Number: Stacks F74.B6 D46 2010

Steamboats of Gloucester and the North Shore /John Lester Sutherland.

pages cm

Date: 2004.

Creators: Sutherland, John Lester.

GUSN: 367353

Call Number: Stacks HE5784.G55 S88 2004

The Revolutionary War in Bennington County :a history and guide /Richard B. Smith.

160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 2008.

Creators: Smith, Richard B.

GUSN: 367354

Call Number: Stacks E230.5.V3 S65 2008

Pittsfield :Gem City in the Gilded Age /Carole Owens.

117 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm

Date: 2007.

Creators: Owens, Carole.

GUSN: 367355

Call Number: Stacks F74.P6 O84 2007

Newton Massachusetts, 1688-1988 :a celebration of three hundred years. Looking at Newton : the garden city in 1988 /by Thelma Fleishman ; with concluding chapter by Elsie M. Husher.

126 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: 1988.

Creators: Fleishman, Thelma. Looking at Newton. Newton Tricentennial Corporation (Newton, Mass.)

GUSN: 367356

Call Number: Stacks F74.N56 N48 1988

Drop-front Desk

Rectangular cabinet with foliate carved edges, fretwork gallery; needlework picture under glass forms writing surface.

Date: 1835-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), floral patterns, flowers (plants), needlepoint (needleworking)

GUSN: 2080

Accession Number: 1953.67

Bookcase

Tall case with curved cornice; two doors with pierced scroll and fretwork panels and lower raised panels.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), mahogany (wood), pine (wood), floral patterns, flowers (plants), tulipwood (Brazilian, wood)

GUSN: 2081

Accession Number: 1929.364

China Cabinet

China cabinet. Mahogany. Semi-circular, three glass panels. Rests on cabriole legs with paw feet.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 2083

Accession Number: 2008.60.25

Highchest Base

Highchest base. Heavy cornice molding. Graduated drawers, upper three of which have locks.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2084

Accession Number: 1945.536A

Chest of Drawers

Chest-on-frame. Hard and soft maple with white pine secondary wood. Cyma and c-scroll-carved skirt. Flared, flat top cornice. Rests on cabriole legs that terminate in pad feet. Replaced brass hardware. Original steel lock in third from bottom drawer.

Date: 1790-1805

Maker: Attributed to Dunlap School (Maker)

Material: maple (wood), silver maple (wood), Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 2085

Accession Number: 1952.84

Drop-leaf Table

Round feet on casters; turtle base; square tapering plinth supporting top with two drop-leaves with rounded corners; drawer at each end.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2086

Accession Number: 1954.174

Sofa

Scroll feet and arms; straight molded back; back unbolts to lower to create bed; feet for back missing; William Morris upholstery fabric, circa.1880.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, pine (wood), veneering

GUSN: 2087

Accession Number: 1954.220

Chest-on-chest

Ogee bracket feet, cyma drop, fretwork molding at waist of lower case; dentils below cornice.

Date: 1765-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2088

Accession Number: 1985.9

Tea Table

Four slender tapered legs; shaped hand holds on sides; top cleated to base.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 2089

Accession Number: 1954.228

Music Cabinet

Rounded writing surface over 5 shelves; 2 shelves on top, panele back; shaped sides; eagle-esque feet.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood)

GUSN: 2090

Accession Number: 1953.450

Box

Six-board box; carved foliate lunettes on front board; original handwrought escutcheon; front, sides, and back are riven oak; top, cleats, and bottom are white pine.

Date: 1670-1690

Maker: unknown

Material: red oak (wood), eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 2091

Accession Number: 1971.374

Dressing Glass

Dressing glass made of mahogany, venner, and pine. The rectangular mirror has a reeded frame and crest with serrated edge and applied brass decoration. The mirror stands on a box with two drawers with brass ball and claw feet and ring pulls.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, pine (wood)

GUSN: 2092

Accession Number: 1933.6849

Chest of Drawers

Chest. American black walnut. Four-drawers. Applied moldings and columns. Rests on turned ball feet.

Date: 1675-1700

Maker: Symonds shop (Maker)

Material: cedar (wood), joining, maple (wood), oak (wood), pine (wood), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 2093

Accession Number: 1944.22

Night Table

Night table. Cupboard with door, drawer above, carved cartouche on door; foliate drawer pull and scrolled brackets; small top.

Date: 1855-1875

Maker: Thwaite, W.G. (Manufacturer)

Material: mahogany (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2094

Accession Number: 2008.60.29

Washstand

Washstand. Mahogany, white pine. Turned columnar legs; lower shelf with drawer; cockbeaded drawer fronts; four column supports for washstand top with shaped skirt; splashboard with corner shelves; one brass towel rack, second missing.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2095

Accession Number: 1933.978

Dressing Glass

Flattened ball feet; reeded and leaf carved posts; beveled glass.

Date: 1880-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 2096

Accession Number: 1946.410

Washstand

Corner stand. Painted pine. Shaped basin stand and splashboard with shelf; shelf with drawer Shaped stretchers; square legs with flared front feet Painted white.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 2097

Accession Number: 1968.149

Washstand

Corner washstand. Shaped splashboard with top shelf; middle shelf with drawer; lower shaped stretcher. Rests on thin square legs with flared feet. Painted grey.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: laminating, painting (coating), Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 2098

Accession Number: 1978.96

Dressing Table

Overhanging top with molded edge on case with three short drawers and shaped apron, cabriole legs ending in square duck feet, grain painted in red and black, top, apron and drawer fronts heightened with yellow pinstriping; each drawer has single brass knob.

Date: 1740-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2099

Accession Number: 1991.116

Armchair

Banister-back arm chair with carved crest, original brown/red worn paint, old rush seat painted white; curled arms with boldly turned front stretcher.

Date: 1725-1735

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), birch (wood), maple (wood), painting (coating)

GUSN: 2100

Accession Number: 1991.117

Candlestand

Tripod-based with medial round shelf, threaded shaft with two adjustable arms held by two discs.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), painting (coating), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2101

Accession Number: 1991.118

Betty Lamp & Hook

Wrought iron hook attached to shaped arm holds circular lamp with spout extension and pivoting cover.

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 2102

Accession Number: 1991.119

Tavern Table

Rectangular overhanging top with bread-board ends, straight skirt with single long drawer with turned wooden pull, raised on four baluster-turned legs ending in small ball feet, rectangular, molded-edge stretchers; old red paint.

Date: 1740-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), painting (coating), pine (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2103

Accession Number: 1991.120

Chippendale Sofa

Mahogany Chippendale sofa, six square legs, scrolled arms, serpentine crest rail, with stretchers, re-upholstered in gold and ecru fabric, with removable one-piece cushion.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, mahogany (wood), molding (forming), upholstering

GUSN: 2104

Accession Number: 1991.121

Tea Table

Queen Anne, rectangular top above four turned legs with pad feet, straight apron, of maple and pine, original red-painted base with marbleized black-on-gray top.

Date: 1740-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), marbling, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2105

Accession Number: 1991.122

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