Historic New England

Forgotten voices :the hidden history of a New England meetinghouse /Carolyn Wakeman.

ix, 273 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm, Told through the words of those whose lives the meetinghouse shaped, 'Facing the Past' uncovers a hidden past. It begins with the displacement of Indigenous people in the area before Europeans arrived, continues with disputes ove...

Creators: Wakeman, Carolyn, author.

GUSN: 359549

Call Number: Stacks F104.O36 W35 2019

Recipes for respect :African American meals and meaning /Rafia Zafar.

137 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm., "Food studies, once trendy, has settled into the public arena. In the academy, scholarship on food and literary culture constitutes a growing river within literary and cultural studies, but writing on African American food and dining remains a small tributary. Rec...

Creators: Zafar, Rafia, author.

GUSN: 359550

Call Number: Stacks E185.89.F66 Z34 2019

Restoring your historic house :the comprehensive guide for homeowners /Scott T. Hanson ; with photography by David J. Clough.

viii, 710 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm, This book does not repeat basic information that is readily available in many standard DIY books about carpentry, wiring, and plumbing. Rather, it shows how to adapt those DIY skills to the specialized needs of a historic house. Although there...

Creators: Hanson, Scott T., author. Clough, David J., photographer.

GUSN: 359551

Call Number: Stacks TH4816.H36 2019

Elmer Crowell :father of American bird carving, featuring masterworks from the Thomas M. Evans Jr. collection /by Stephen B. O'Brien Jr. and Chelsie W. Olney.

304 pages : color illustrations, photographs (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Creators: O'Brien, Stephen B., author. Olney, Chlesie W.

GUSN: 359552

Call Number: Coll NK4890.5 O37 2019 c.1 (and 1 more)

Rufus Porter's curious world :art and invention in America, 1815-1860 /edited by Laura Fecych Sprague and Justin Wolff.

xiii, 137 pages : color illustrations, color facsimilies ; 27 x 29 cm, "An examination of Rufus Porter, an enigmatic but astonishingly productive American artist, inventor, and publisher. Presents his life and work in the context of the cultural, social, and technological networks that shaped innova...

Creators: Sprague, Laura Fecych, 1954- editor. Wolff, Justin P., editor. Pennsylvania State University Press, Bowdoin College. Museum of Art,

GUSN: 359553

Call Number: Coll ND237.P8135 R84 2019

Doris Duke's Shangri La :a house in paradise : architecture, landscape and Islamic art /edited by Thomas Mellins and Donald Albrecht ; foreword by Deborah Pope ; essays by Linda Komaroff [and others] ; organized by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art ; principal photography by Tim Street-Porter.

216 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 32 cm, Features Doris Duke's estate, Shangri La, and its influential synthesis of modernist architecture and Islamic art and design. Situated on five acres of terraced gardens and pools overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Honolulu's Diam...

Creators: Mellins, Thomas. Albrecht, Donald. Pope, Deborah. Komaroff, Linda, 1953- Street-Porter, Tim. Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.

GUSN: 359554

Call Number: Stacks NA7511.4.H66 D67 2012

Riches, rivals & radicals :100 years of museums in America /Marjorie Schwarzer.

x, 263 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm, "As author Marjorie Schwarzer tells us, a look at the past century of America's museums reveals a captivating if slightly imperfect real-life masterpiece, flowing with a vibrant palette of wealth and ambition, accented by bold patches of jealousy, g...

Date: Ã2006.

Creators: Schwarzer, Marjorie, 1957- American Association of Museums.

GUSN: 359555

Call Number: Coll AM11.S35 2006

Warren H. Manning, landscape architect and environmental planner /edited by Robin Karson, Jane Roy Brown, and Sarah Allaback.

xvii, 398 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans ; 29 cm., Warren H. Manning's (1860-1938) national practice comprised more than sixteen hundred landscape design and planning projects throughout North America, from small home grounds to estates, cemeteries, college campuses, pa...

Creators: Karson, Robin S., editor. Brown, Jane Roy, editor. Allaback, Sarah, 1965- editor. Library of American Landscape History.

GUSN: 359556

Call Number: Stacks SB470.M25 W37 2017

William Kent :designing Georgian Britain /edited by Susan Weber ; with contributions by Catherine Arbuthnott [and 14 others].

xiii, 688 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm, "The most versatile British designer of the 18th century, William Kent (1685-1748) created a style for a new nation and monarchy. The scope of his achievements encompasses architecture, palatial interiors, elaborate gardens, and exquisite furniture. Among his...

Creators: Weber, Susan, 1954- editor.

GUSN: 359557

Call Number: Coll N6797.K4 W53 2013

Elizabethan architecture :its rise and fall, 1540-1640 /Mark Girouard.

xx, 516 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 31 cm,

Creators: Girouard, Mark, 1931- author.

GUSN: 359558

Call Number: Stacks NA965.G57 2009

Houses of the National Trust :outstanding buildings of Britain /Lydia Greeves.

400 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm, "The National Trust is one of the world's leading conservation organisations and now cares for over 350 historic properties, including over 200 houses. This book covers both great mansions, such as Petworth House and Kedleston Hall, and less grand, but equall...

Date: 2008.

Creators: Greeves, Lydia.

GUSN: 359559

Call Number: Stacks DA660.G745 2008

Guastavino vaulting :the art of structural tile /John Ochsendorf ; photographs by Michael Freeman.

255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Date: 2010.

Creators: Ochsendorf, John Allen. Freeman, Michael, 1945-

GUSN: 359560

Call Number: Stacks NA737.G79 O28 2010

The mate of the Daylight, and friends ashore /by Sarah Orne Jewett.

254 pages ; 16 cm

Creators: Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909, author. Whitman, Sarah, book designer. Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. Landless farmer. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.), Cairns Collection of American Women Writers.

GUSN: 359561

Call Number: Stacks PS2132.M38 1884

Drawn from nature & on stone :the lithographs of Fitz Henry Lane /Georgia B. Barnhill, Melissa Geisler Trafton.

105 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm, An exhibition catalog accompanying the exhibition, Drawn from Nature & on Stone : The Lithographs of Fitz Henry Lane, at the Cape Ann Museum October 7, 2017-March 4, 2018.

Creators: Barnhill, Georgia Brady, 1944- author. Oaks, Martha, writer of foreword. Trafton, Melissa Geisler, author. Lane, Fitz Henry, 1804-1865. Lithographs. Cape Ann Museum,

GUSN: 359562

Call Number: Coll ND237.L27 C36 2017

Rediscovering an American Community of Color :the photographs of William Bullard, 1897-1917 /Nancy Kathryn Burns, Janette Thomas Greenwood.

127 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 31 cm, This book presents a photographic narrative of African American and Native American migration and resettlement in the aftermath of emancipation and reconstruction. Taken between 1897 and 1917 by itinerant photographer William Bullard of Worcester, M...

Creators: Bullard, William, 1876-1918, photographer. Burns, Nancy Kathryn, editor, author. Greenwood, Janette Thomas, editor, author. Worcester Art Museum, Clark University (Worcester, Mass.)

GUSN: 359563

Call Number: Stacks F74.W9 R43 2017

Musical clocks of early America, 1730-1830 :a catalogue raisonné /Gary R. Sullivan and Kate Van Winkle Keller.

389 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm, The 130 remarkable clocks documented by this study represent a high poin in the careers of American craftsmen between 1730 and 1830 ... This is the true story--the story of gifted immigrants from Europe who passed clockmaking skills to others, of clever local...

Creators: Sullivan, Gary R. Keller, Kate Van Winkle. Willard House and Clock Museum (North Grafton, Mass.)

GUSN: 359564

Call Number: Coll TS540.7.S85 M87 2017 c.1 (and 1 more)

Country acres and cul-de-sacs :Connecticut circle magazine reimagines the Nutmeg State, 1938-1952 /edited by Jay Gitlin.

xv, 301 pages ; 31 cm, "Examines how "Connecticut Circle" magazine helped shape the state of Connecticut between 1938 and 1952."--Provided by publisher.

Creators: Gitlin, Jay, editor.

GUSN: 359565

Call Number: Stacks F100.C6632 2019

Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson :rediscovering the founding fathers of American architecture /Hugh Howard.

xii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm, Includes information on Charles Bulfinch, classicism, Charles Louis Clerisseau, Elenora Coolidge, Maria Hadfield Cosway, Derby Mansion, Federal Hall (New York), Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Monticello, Andrea Palladio, Charles Willson Peale...

Date: 2006.

Creators: Howard, Hugh, 1952-

GUSN: 359566

Call Number: Stacks NA2543.S6 H69 2006

The power of objects in eighteenth-century British America /Jennifer Van Horn.

xvii, 428 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates; 25 cm., "Over the course of the eighteenth century, Anglo-Americans purchased an unprecedented number and array of goods. [Van Horn] investigates these diverse artifacts--from portraits and city views to gravestones, dressing furniture, and prosthetic d...

Creators: Van Horn, Jennifer, author. Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture,

GUSN: 359592

Call Number: Coll E162.V36 2017

Suspended worlds :historic theater scenery in northern New England /Christine Hadsel ; with contributions from Peter Gilbert, Richard Kerschner, Mary Jo Davis and Peter Miller ; photography by Carolyn L. Bates.

xii, 188 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 32 cm, A glorious celebration of historic stage scenery in northern New England. Painted between 1890 and 1940, the curtains can be as luminous as a Hudson valley landscape, or as simple as a cluster of local advertisements surrounding a generic, rural, f...

Creators: Hadsel, Christine, author.

GUSN: 359593

Call Number: Coll ND2887.U6 H33 2015

The Mystic River :a natural and human history and recreation guide including Winchester, Arlington, Medford, Malden, Somerville, Chelsea, Everett, Charlestown, Cambridge & Belmont /Richard H. Beinecke.

297 pages

Date: [2013].

Creators: Beinecke, Richard H, author.

GUSN: 359919

Call Number: Stacks F72.M7 B45 2013

The Naylor collection :the complete history of photography /[creative direction, Jonathan Barkan ; photography, Brian Smith and others].

36 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 42 cm + 1 DVD-ROM (sound : color ; 4 3/4 in.)

Date: Ã2005.

Creators: Naylor, Thurman F. Barkan, Jonathan. Smith, Brian (Photographer)

GUSN: 359995

Call Number: Stacks TR655.N39 2005

Gamble House :Building paradise in California /essays by Edward R. Bosley, Anne Mallek, Ann Scheid, and Robert Winter ; photographs by Alexander Vertikoff.

200 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm, "For more than a century the Gamble House has stood on a promontory overlooking the Arroyo Seco, a thin riverbed that meanders down from the San Gabriel Mountains through Pasadena, California. For much of that time the house has been open to the public. More ...

Date: 2015.

Creators: Bosley, Edward R. Mallek, Anne E. Scheid, Ann, 1940- Winter, Robert. Vertikoff, Alexander.

GUSN: 359996

Call Number: Stacks NA7238.P37 G36 2015

Global objects :toward a connected art history /Edward S. Cooke, Jr.

327 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm, "The established narrative of art history is traditionally narrated through national or cultural lenses that focus on specific artistic practices characteristic of a given nation or culture: bronze in ancient China, architecture in ancient Rome, or oil painti...

Creators: Cooke, Edward S., Jr. (Edward Strong), 1954- author.

GUSN: 359997

Call Number: Coll NK1105.C67 2022

Experiencing American houses :understanding how domestic architecture works /Elizabeth Collins Cromley.

xviii, 185 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm., "This book encourages readers to think creatively about buildings in terms of their function and how these functions have changed over time in American history. The work presents material culture as lived experience and is designed to expand the encounter w...

Creators: Cromley, Elizabeth C., author.

GUSN: 359998

Call Number: Stacks NA7205.C755 2022

Tilt-top Tea Table

Round tilt-top, bird cage, tea table with tripod, snake foot base, urn turning surmounted by double molding and straight tapered shaft terminating in bird cage fixture with four turned supports between square blocks; cleats on either side of hinge.

Date: 1755-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 3867

Accession Number: 1977.209

Side Chair

Side chair has curved crest rail with yoke; molded stiles; rush seat; turned front legs with Spanish feet; and is painted black.

Date: 1735-1765

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 3868

Accession Number: 1977.210

Lamp

round rimmed bases with baluster and ring turned supports surmounted by bulb shaped oil chambers fillted with double tin wick holders.

Date: 1795-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 3869

Accession Number: 1977.211AB

Tea Chest

Rectangular tea box with molded base, brass inlay; hinged lid with brass handle, divided interior of three sections fitted with tin caddy; green velvet lining on the lid. Box rests on ogee bracket feet.

Date: 1720-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), mahogany (wood), veneering, tin (metal), velvet (fabric weave), silk (textile)

GUSN: 3870

Accession Number: 1977.212

Board Game

Octagonal with thirty-seven holes for pegs and thirty-three pine pegs; cross hatching inside for placement of holes, painted red.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3871

Accession Number: 1977.213

Board Game

rectangular box, hinged; checkerboard exterior of maple and mahogany squares; interior inlaid with backgammon motif; contents of dice, checkers, and dice shakers of leather; brass hinges.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, mahogany (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 3872

Accession Number: 1977.214

Silhouette of Jonathan Sayward

Circular, framed silhouette of Jonathan Sayward, facing right; white paper on black silk with wood frame.

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3873

Accession Number: 1977.215

Silhouette of Sayward Barrell

Circular framed silhouette of Jonathan Sayward Barrell, facing left; white paper on black silk, wooden frame.

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: King, William (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3874

Accession Number: 1977.216

Silhouette of Nathaniel Barrell

Circular framed silhouette of Nathaniel Barrell, facing left; white paper on black silk, wooden frame.

Date: 1768-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3875

Accession Number: 1977.217

Silhouette of Elizabeth Barrell

circular framed silhouette of Elizabeth Barrell, facing right; white paper on black silk, wooden frame.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3876

Accession Number: 1977.218

Silhouette of Mary Barrell

Circular framed silhouette of Mary Barrell, facing left; white paper on black silk, wooden frame.

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3877

Accession Number: 1977.219

Silhouette of a Man

Circular framed silhouette of gentleman, facing right; white paper on black silk, wooden frame; no inscription on back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3878

Accession Number: 1977.220

Portrait of Frederick III, King of Prussia

Engraving of Frederick III, King of Prussia. Half-length portrait of a man, torso turned to left, face turned towards viewer. Wearing a short wig, tricorn hat and coat, insignia on chest. Inset with a rondel which rests on a neo-classical plinth. Ink on paper, original glass. Ebonized frame with gil...

Date: ca. 1760

Maker: Pesne (Painter) Houston, Richard (Engraver) Bowles, John (Publisher)

Material: staining, ebony (color), engraving (printing process), gilding, glass (material), paper (fiber product), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3879

Accession Number: 1977.221

Portrait of Jihn Manners

Ink on paper, pine frame, original glass. Framed engraving of John Manners, Marquis of Granby, Commander in Chief of the British Forces, Lieutenant General of the Ordinance, and Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards. Three-quarter portrait of a man, torso turned slightly to left, looking to ...

Date: ca. 1760

Maker: unknown

Material: engraving (printing process), glass (material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 3880

Accession Number: 1977.222

Portrait of Henry Bilsom Legge, Esq.

Ink on paper, pine frame, original glass. Three-quarter length portrait of Henry Bilsom Legge, Esq., seated, wearing heavily trimmed coat, lace cravat and cuffs; holding a rolled paper and wearing a curly wig.

Date: ca. 1760

Maker: Houston, Richard (Engraver) Hoare, William (Painter)

Material: engraving (printing process), glass (material), paper (fiber product), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3881

Accession Number: 1977.223

Portrait of S. John Lewis Ligonier

Ink on paper, pine frame, original glass. Three-quarter portrait of S. John Lewis Ligonier, torso turned slightly to right, wearing three-quarter length coat with buttons, belt at waist, insignia on chest and curled wig tied back, right hand on hip, left hand extended and holding hat.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: Tinney, John (Publisher) Lathem, James (Painter) Brooks, Jno. (Engraver)

Material: engraving (printing process), glass (material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 3882

Accession Number: 1977.225

Tieback

Round painted enamel knobs fitted with brass rims and shafts which screw into wall; portraits of a young girl with bonnett on each.

Date: 1765-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), enamel paint

GUSN: 3883

Accession Number: 1977.226.1

Tieback

Round painted enamel knobs fitted with brass rims and shafts which screw into wall; portraits of a young girl with bonnett on each.

Date: 1765-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), enamel paint

GUSN: 3884

Accession Number: 1977.226.2

Portrait of Jonathan Sayward (1713-1797)

(A)Three-quarter length portrait of Jonathan Sayward, facing right; right arm leaning on table; curtain in left background; right background shows ocean with two ships. (B) Unadorned wooden frame.

Date: 1745-1755

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 3885

Accession Number: 1977.227AB

Portrait of Sarah Mitchell Sayward

Three-quarter length portrait of Sarah Mitchell Sayward, facing left; background not filled in; lace on sleeves not finished; subject wearing pink dress, white apron and kerchief.

Date: 1770-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 3886

Accession Number: 1977.228

Sayward Coat of Arms

Ink and watercolor on paper, wood frame. Rectangular coat of arms of the Sayward family.

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: Gore, John (Maker)

Material: gilding, ink, paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3887

Accession Number: 1977.229

Framed Document

Charge to Jonathan Sayward for the Sloop Sea Flower. Dated March 7, 1744. Signed W [William] Shirley.

Date: 1744

Maker: Shirley, William, 1694-1771 (Author)

Material: engraving (printing process), ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3888

Accession Number: 1977.230

Palace and Gardens at Herrenhausen

Rectangular framed engraving showing palace and gardens in perspective with surrounding countryside. Bottom reads "A View of the Palace and Gardens belonging to his Brittanick Majesty at Herrenhausen near Hanover."

Date: 1755-1790

Maker: Bowles, John (Maker) Parr, N. (Engraver)

Material: engraving (printing process), ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3889

Accession Number: 1977.231

Palace and Gardens near Schonbrun

Rectangular framed engraving of palace and gardens, with sky in background, done in perspective. Bottom reads "A View of the Palace and Gardens near Schonbrun built by his Imperial Majesty Joseph 1st for a Hunting Seat."

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: Parr, N. (Engraver) Bowles, John (Maker)

Material: engraving (printing process), ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3890

Accession Number: 1977.232

The Royal Palace of St. Germain

Rectangular framed engraving in perspective of above veiw with figures in gardens. Bottom reads "The Royal Palace of St. Germain en Laye in France / the Place of Residence of the late King James the second."

Date: 1750 -1790

Maker: Possibly Parr, N. (Engraver)

Material: engraving (printing process), ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3891

Accession Number: 1977.233

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