Historic New England

Small country houses of to-day,ed. by Lawrence Weaver.

x, 224 p. incl. front., illus. 30 cm.

Date: [1910?]

Creators: Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876- ed.

GUSN: 252398

Call Number: Perry NA7328.W4 1910

The art of dyeing and staining marble, artificial stone, bone, horn, ivory and wood, and of imitating all sorts of wood;a practical handbook for the use of joiners, turners, manufacturers of fancy goods, stick and umbrella makers, comb makers, etc.,by D. H. Soxhlet. Tr. from the German by Arthur Morris and Herbert Robson.

viii, 168, 32 p. 20 cm.

Date: 1902.

Creators: Soxhlet, V. H. Robson, Herbert. Morris, Arthur.

GUSN: 252399

Call Number: Perry TT370.S7 1902

Architectural drawing /by R. Phene Spiers ; preface to the American ed. by William R. Ware ...

x, 67 p., 25 leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: [c1888]

Creators: Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916 Ware, William R.

GUSN: 252400

Call Number: Perry NA2700.S68 1888

The minor ecclesiastical, domestic, and garden architecture of southern Spain;photographs and drawings by Austin Whittlesey, with a preface by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue.

xi, 107 plates front. 32 cm.

Date: [c1917]

Creators: Whittlesey, Austin.

GUSN: 252401

Call Number: Perry NA1301.W5 1917

Light and shade and their applications,by M. Luckiesh ... 135 illustrations--10 tables ...

xii, 265 p. incl. illus., tables, diagrs. front. 24 cm.

Date: 1916.

Creators: Luckiesh, Matthew, b. 1883.

GUSN: 252402

Call Number: Perry NC755.L8 1916

The Spanish house for America,its design, furnishing, and garden,by Rexford Newcomb ... with a frontispiece in colour and 97 plates of Spanish houses and their details.

164 p. col. front., illus. (incl. plans) 27 cm.

Date: 1927.

Creators: Newcomb, Rexford, 1886-1968.

GUSN: 252403

Call Number: Perry NA7205.N4 1927

Low cost suburban homes;a book of suggestions for the man with the moderate purse,ed. by Richardson Wright.

3 p. Á., 120 p. front., illus. (incl. plans) 26 cm.

Date: 1916.

Creators: Wright, Richardson Little, 1887-1961, ed.

GUSN: 252404

Call Number: Perry NA7120.W7 1916

Domestic architecture,by L. Eugene Robinson.

xiii, 378 p. illus. (incl. plan., map) 20 cm.

Date: 1917.

Creators: Robinson, L. Eugene.

GUSN: 252405

Call Number: Perry NA7120.R6 1917

Measured drawings of old oak English furniture,also of some remains of architectural woodwork, plasterwork, metalwork, glazing, etc.,by John Weymouth Hurrell.

110 pl. 38 x 29 cm.

Date: 1902.

Creators: Hurrell, John Weymouth.

GUSN: 252406

Call Number: Perry NK2529.H8 1902

The principles of harmony and contrast of colours, and their applications to the arts ... /by M.E. Chevreul ; translated from the French by Charles Martel.

xxiii, 465 p., [17] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.

Date: 1887.

Creators: Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889.

GUSN: 252407

Call Number: Perry N7342.7.C5713 1887

Regional architecture of the West of England,by A.E. Richardson ... and C. Lovett Gill.

xx, 188 p. illus. 29 cm.

Date: 1924.

Creators: Richardson, A. E. Sir, (Albert Edward), 1880-1964. Gill, C. Lovett (Charles Lovett), b. 1880, joint author.

GUSN: 252408

Call Number: Perry NA964.R53 1924

Decorative elements in architecture;random observations on the eternal fitness of things from a decorative point of view[by] William Francklyn Paris.

152 p. XCIX pl. (incl. front.) 25 cm.

Date: 1917.

Creators: Paris, William Francklyn, 1871-1954.

GUSN: 252409

Call Number: Perry NK2110.P2 1917

The English home,by Banister Flight Fletcher ... and Herbert Phillips Fletcher; with an introduction by His Grace the Duke of Argyll, kt., with 336 illustrations.

xxii, 392 p. illus., plans. 23 cm.

Date: 1910.

Creators: Fletcher, Banister, Sir, 1866-1953. Fletcher, H. Phillips (Herbert Phillips), 1872-1916, joint author.

GUSN: 252410

Call Number: Perry NA7328.F55 1910

A history of architecture in London,arranged to illustrate the course of architecture in England until 1800, with a sketch of the preceding European styles,by Walter H. Godfrey ... with a preface by Philip Norman ... with 250 illustrations, 7 maps & descriptive guide to the buildings.

xiii, 390 p. illus. 21 cm.

Date: [1911]

Creators: Godfrey, Walter Hindes, 1881-

GUSN: 252411

Call Number: Perry NA970.G63 1911

The hardwood finisher :with rules and directions for finishing in natural colors and in antique, mahogany, cherry, birch, walnut, oak, ash, redwood, sycamore, pine, and all other domestic woods : also, miscellaneous rules for filling, staining, varnishing, polishing, dyeing, gilding, and bronzing; together with hints on the preparation of woodwork for the finisher /compiled and edited by Fred T. Hodgson.

109 p.

Date: c1892.

Creators: Hodgson, Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas), 1836-1919.

GUSN: 252412

Call Number: Perry TT325.H37 1892

The arts connected with building :lectures on craftsmanship and design delivered at Carpenters Hall, London Wall, for the worshipful Company of Carpenters /by R. W. Schultz ... [et al.] ; edited by T. Raffles Davison.

xii, 224 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: [1909?]

Creators: Schultz, Robert Weir, 1860-1951. Davison, T. Raffles (Thomas Raffles), 1853-1937.

GUSN: 252413

Call Number: Perry NA2540.A78 1909

The principles of harmony and contrast of colours, and their applications to the arts /by M.E. Chevreul ; translated by Charles Martel.

xlvi, 465 p. : ill.

Date: 1908.

Creators: Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène), 1786-1889.

GUSN: 252414

Call Number: Perry N7432.7.C5713 1908

Dutch pottery and porcelain /by W. Pitcairn Knowles.

xv, 122 p., 54 plates : ill.

Date: [19--?]

Creators: Knowles, W. Pitcairn.

GUSN: 252415

Call Number: Perry NK4107.K66 1900z

Villas of Florence and Tuscany;by Harold Donaldson Eberlein ; with a frontispiece in colour and 299 illustrations mostly from photographs by the author.

411 p. illus. 29 cm.

Date: 1925, c1922.

Creators: Eberlein, Harold Donaldson.

GUSN: 252416

Call Number: Perry NA7594.E3 1925

Catalogue of the architectural exhibition, Boston Architectural Club and Boston Society of Architects :St. Botolph Club, 2 Newbury Street, from May 22nd to June 3rd, 1899.

240 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm.

Date: 1899.

Creators: Boston Architectural Club. Boston Society of Architects.

GUSN: 252417

Call Number: Perry NA2440.B67 C38 1899 c.1 (and 1 more)

Recueil d'architecture :dessiné et mesuré en Italie, dans les années 1791, 92 et 93À /par F. L. Schuelt, architecte à Nantes ; contenant un choix de maisons, fabriques, basiliques, portes, croisées, sarcophages, fontaines, décorations de jardins et divers fragments d'architecture, etc, etc. ; ouvrage composé de soixante-douze, de planches grand in-folio.

8 p., 72 leaves of plates ; 50 cm.

Date: 1821.

Creators: Séheult, François Léonard, 1771-1840.

GUSN: 252418

Call Number: Perry NA1116.S44 1821

The architecture, decoration, and furniture, of Robert & James Adam;selected from "Works in architecture," published 1778-1822, and photolithographed from the originals.

xxvi pl. 42 x 36 cm.

Date: 1880.

Creators: Adam, Robert, 1728-1792. Adam, James, d. 1794, joint author.

GUSN: 252419

Call Number: Perry NA997.A4 A42 1880

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

Miniature Portrait of a Man

Oval framed miniature of a young man. Half-length portrait facing right, wearing blue coat with black collar and silver buttons, and a white shirt, with his hair pulled back. Brown background. Oval metal frame with copper back, enclosing oval glass piece protecting lock of hair, rectangular painted ...

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), glass (material), hair, ivory (tooth component), oil paint (paint), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3892

Accession Number: 1977.234

Miniature Portrait of a Man

Rectangular framed miniature portrait of man, half-length, facing slightly right; wearing black coat, black waistcoat, white shirt, black necktie in bow, black cloak with silver clasp over subject's left shoulder, black watch chain visible around neck; seated on black Empire sofa with mahogany scrol...

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), oil paint (paint), gilt bronze, painting (coating)

GUSN: 3893

Accession Number: 1977.235

Looking Glass

Rectangular form with shaped crest and carved ears; scalloped base; beveled glass, gilt liner; veneered sides.

Date: 1750-1795

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, mahogany (wood), Scotch pine (wood), veneering

GUSN: 3894

Accession Number: 1977.236

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