Historic New England

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)

Drapery

Maroon cotton with diagonal linear design; top of each panel is pleated and cut to fit the round window head; a maroon fringe edges the exterior; tie backs of the same material.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 5858

Accession Number: 1971.982A

Drapery

Maroon cotton with diagonal linear design; top of each panel is pleated and cut to fit the round window head; a maroon fringe edges the exterior; tie backs of the same material.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 5859

Accession Number: 1971.982B

Tieback

Brass and copper floral wreath in high relief; at center is a brass sphere.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), copper (metal)

GUSN: 5860

Accession Number: 1971.983A

Tieback

Brass and copper floral wreath in high relief; at center is a brass sphere.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), copper (metal)

GUSN: 5861

Accession Number: 1971.983B

Curtain

Rectangular panels of white fiberglass, sewn to allow rods to be inserted on either end; these curtains cover the windows which flank the front door.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: fiberglass

GUSN: 5862

Accession Number: 1971.984A

Curtain

Rectangular panels of white fiberglass, sewn to allow rods to be inserted on either end; these curtains cover the windows which flank the front door.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: fiberglass

GUSN: 5863

Accession Number: 1971.984B

Dressing Table

Slightly bowed overhanging mahogany top with patterned inlay band along edge; conforming case enclosing long drawer over three drawers, the center one being narrowest to accomodate arched bottom with patterned inlay edge; all drawer fronts with central flame birch panel bordered by dark veneer band ...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: Attributed to Judkins and Senter (Furniture maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), birch (wood), rosewood (wood), inlay (process)

GUSN: 5864

Accession Number: 1971.985

Dessert Plate

Dessert/break and butter plates. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge and island at left; yello...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5865

Accession Number: 1971.974.75

Dessert Plate

Dessert/break and butter plates. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge and island at left; yello...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5866

Accession Number: 1971.974.76

Dessert Plate

Dessert/break and butter plates. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge and island at left; yello...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5867

Accession Number: 1971.974.77

Dessert Plate

Dessert/break and butter plates. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge and island at left; yello...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5868

Accession Number: 1971.974.78

Dessert Plate

Dessert/break and butter plates. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge and island at left; yello...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5869

Accession Number: 1971.974.79

Dessert Plate

Dessert/break and butter plates. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge and island at left; yello...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5870

Accession Number: 1971.974.80

Dessert Plate

Dessert/break and butter plates. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge and island at left; yello...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5871

Accession Number: 1971.974.81

Dessert Plate

Dessert/break and butter plates. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge and island at left; yello...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5872

Accession Number: 1971.974.82

Dessert Plate

Dessert/break and butter plates. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge and island at left; yello...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5873

Accession Number: 1971.974.83

Dessert Plate

Dessert/break and butter plates. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge and island at left; yello...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5874

Accession Number: 1971.974.84

Dessert Plate

Dessert/break and butter plates. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge and island at left; yello...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5875

Accession Number: 1971.974.85

Soup Plate

Circular form with wide flat scalloped rim and deep well. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge ...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5876

Accession Number: 1971.974.86

Soup Plate

Circular form with wide flat scalloped rim and deep well. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge ...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5877

Accession Number: 1971.974.87

Soup Plate

Circular form with wide flat scalloped rim and deep well. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge ...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5878

Accession Number: 1971.974.88

Soup Plate

Circular form with wide flat scalloped rim and deep well. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge ...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5879

Accession Number: 1971.974.89

Soup Plate

Circular form with wide flat scalloped rim and deep well. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge ...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5880

Accession Number: 1971.974.90

Soup Plate

Circular form with wide flat scalloped rim and deep well. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge ...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5881

Accession Number: 1971.974.91

Soup Plate

Circular form with wide flat scalloped rim and deep well. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge ...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5882

Accession Number: 1971.974.92

Soup Plate

Circular form with wide flat scalloped rim and deep well. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge ...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5883

Accession Number: 1971.974.93

Soup Plate

Circular form with wide flat scalloped rim and deep well. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge ...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5884

Accession Number: 1971.974.94

Soup Plate

Circular form with wide flat scalloped rim and deep well. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge ...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5885

Accession Number: 1971.974.95

Soup Plate

Circular form with wide flat scalloped rim and deep well. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge ...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5886

Accession Number: 1971.974.96

Soup Plate

Circular form with wide flat scalloped rim and deep well. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center, bridge ...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5887

Accession Number: 1971.974.97

Bowl

Small bowl; circular form with scalloped edge and deep bowl form. General pattern: brown transfer print decoration of elaborate multipatterned diapered border with scrolls and floral elements; central design of Western version of willow pattern with elaborate pagoda houses at right, trees in center,...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: diaper patterns, diaper (textile material), earthenware, hand coloring, overglazing, vitrification, transfer printing

GUSN: 5888

Accession Number: 1971.974.98

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