Historic New England

German varnish-making,by Professor Max Bottler. Authorized translation with notes on American varnish and paint manufacture, by Alvah Horton Sabin.

vii, 363 p. illus., tables (1 fold.) 21 cm.

Date: 1912.

Creators: Bottler, Max, b. 1847. Sabin, Alvah Horton, 1851-1940, tr.

GUSN: 252392

Call Number: Perry TP938.B8 1912

Painting by immersion and by compressed air.A practical handbookby Arthur Seymour Jennings, with 150 illustrations.

xv, 272 p. incl. front., illus., plates. 22 cm.

Date: 1915.

Creators: Jennings, Arthur Seymour, b. 1860.

GUSN: 252393

Call Number: Perry TT305.J4 1915

Spanish gardens and patios,illustrated with 175 examples, 4 plates in colour, by Mildred Stapley Byne and Arthur Byne ...

305 p. incl. illus., plates, plans. col. front., 3 col. pl. 29 cm.

Date: 1928, c1924.

Creators: Byne, Mildred Stapley, 1875-1941. Byne, Arthur, 1883-1935, joint author.

GUSN: 252394

Call Number: Perry SB466.S7 B96 1928

The house and its equipment / ed. by Lawrence Weaver.

212 p. illus. (incl. plans) 30 cm.

Date: [1912?]

Creators: Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876-

GUSN: 252395

Call Number: Perry NA7328.W37 1912 (and 1 more)

Rambles and studies in Greece /by J.P. Mahaffy.

xviii, 465 p., [11] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1887.

Creators: Mahaffy, J. P. (John Pentland), 1839-1919.

GUSN: 252396

Call Number: Perry DF30.M21 1887

The flower art of Japan,by Mary Averill (Kwashinsai Kiyokumei) ... With 129 illustrations.

216 p. col. front., illus. 24 cm.

Date: 1915.

Creators: Averill, Mary, 1866-

GUSN: 252397

Call Number: Perry SB449.A7 1915

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

Dressing Sacque

White linen; large pointed collar with embroidered scalloped edges and broad self ties at neck; two small sets of twill tape ties at middle of body; twill tape loop inside neck; raglan bell-shaped sleeves with embroidered scalloped edges; open front and hem also trimmed with embroidered scalloped ed...

Date: 1855-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 873

Accession Number: 1969.6448

Dressing Sacque

White linen; high band neck & flat pointed collar trimmed with embroidered scalloped edges; open front with embroidered scalloped edges with 2 sets of cotton twill tape ties at top; raglan bell-shaped sleeves with embroidered scalloped cuffs; narrow twill tape ties at waist; hem also embroidered & s...

Date: 1855-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 874

Accession Number: 1969.6449

Dressing Sacque

White linen; pointed collar, open front, sleeves and hem all trimmed with embroidered scalloped edges; broad self ties at neck; one set of cotton twill tape ties at middle; tape loop inside neck at back; raglan bell-shaped sleeves.

Date: 1855-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 875

Accession Number: 1969.6450

Dressing Sacque

White linen; pointed collar, open front, hem & sleeves all trimmed with embroidered scalloped edges; broad self ties at neck; 2 sets of cotton twill tape ties at middle; tape loop inside collar; raglan bell-shaped sleeves.

Date: 1855-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 876

Accession Number: 1969.6451

Bed Jacket

White sheer cotton; white floral lace band around neck; wide collar with white silk floral embroidery and edged with lace ruffle; body gathered to yoke; two mother-of-pearl buttons at yoke; bands of lace on either side of front opening, at center back and around hem; three rows of tucks above hem; b...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, silk (textile)

GUSN: 877

Accession Number: 1969.6453

Bed Jacket

White cotton; round collar trimmed with wide eyelet ruffle, also forming jabot at center front; four small mother-of-pearl buttons center front; body gathered to yoke with lace insert; triple pleats at center back; long bell-shaped sleeves trimmed with wide eyelet ruffle.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 878

Accession Number: 1969.6454

Bed Jacket

White sheer cotton; white floral lace band around neck; wide collar with white silk floral embroidery and edged with lace ruffle; body gathered to yoke; two mother-of-pearl buttons at yoke; bands of lace on either side of front opening, at center back, and around hem; three rows of tucks above hem; ...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, silk (textile)

GUSN: 879

Accession Number: 1969.6455

Bed Jacket

White cotton; small pointed collar with embroidered scalloped edge; six vertical tucks on either side of front; three small mother-of-pearl buttons down center front; long sleeves gathered to two-button cuffs with embroidered scalloped edges.

Date: 1865-1879

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 880

Accession Number: 1969.6456

Bed Jacket

Ivory linen with floral whitework embroidery panels linked with silk crocheted lace; V-shaped neckline, yoke and body; crocheted flower inserts in yoke; scalloped lace ruffle all around neck, body and sleeves; five small mother of pearl buttons with loop closure concealed at front; full elbow-length...

Date: 1895-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 881

Accession Number: 1969.6951

Parasol and Umbrella

Combination umbrella and parasol or "en tout cas". Black silk taffeta, plain; two-tone handle of light brown bamboo, with L-shaped handle of celluloid imitation horn; silver plated copper collar and band; brass hardware - spokes and points painted black; brass tip.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), celluloid (cellulosic), silk (textile), silver (metal), taffeta

GUSN: 882

Accession Number: 1969.2691

Parasol

Black floral Chantilly lace with tan silk and white silk (double) lining; squared bottom ivory carved handle with twisted cord and beaded bands spiraling up handle; collapsible; black silk tassel attached to ivory tip (tip matches design of handle); ivory points. A = parasol B = piece of handle

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), Chantilly lace, ivory (tooth component), lace (needlework), silk (textile)

GUSN: 883

Accession Number: 1969.5158AB

Umbrella Cover

White cotton striped herringbone twill; gathered at tip; drawstring closure - drawstring is missing.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), twill

GUSN: 884

Accession Number: 1969.5408

Parasol

Black lace with flowers, ribbon and scalloped edge, over tan silk with white silk lining with white silk fringe (short); ivory handle carved to imitate bamboo; black and white silk tassels; ivoery tip and ivory points.

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), lace (needlework), silk (textile)

GUSN: 885

Accession Number: 1969.5455

Parasol and Cover

Body (A) is pink silk taffeta, plain; scalloped edge trimmed with pink, vertical chenille; dark brown wood with elaborate knob handle; handle is silver plated brass, lavender enamel collar; top of knob is same lavender enamel with garland of pink roses and green leafed branches; brass tip and points...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), chenille (yarn), silk (textile), silver (metal), taffeta

GUSN: 886

Accession Number: 1969.6056AB

Parasol with Cover

Parasol (A) is dark and light blue, red and cream striped silk taffeta, brocaded with pink rose sprig with yellow bow, background of patterned floral trail; lined with white china silk; black (ebony) with silver art nouveau handle with purple enamel; bone at tip; tassel of matching silk with braided...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: brocading, cotton (textile), ebony (wood), silk (textile), silver (metal), taffeta

GUSN: 887

Accession Number: 1969.6072AB

Parasol with Cover

Parasol (A) is light green silk taffeta; five narrow horizontal tucks; light bird's eye maple wood handle, round, tapered; brass tip; bone points; spokes are covered with silk. Cover (B) is white cotton striped herringbone with opening at tip, drawstring closure.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: bird's-eye maple, bone (material), brass (alloy), silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 888

Accession Number: 1969.6074AB

Parasol

Black floral lace with scalloped floral edge; white silk lining with white silk fringe and tassels; collapsible ivory handle carved with shell and trompe l'oeil tassels; brass hardware engraved with potted plant and stylized flower; handle has square base; ivory top carved with leaves; ivory points.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), lace (needlework), silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 889

Accession Number: 1969.6604

Fan

This fan is constructed from an ivory-colored paper leaf printed on recto in shades of pink, red, white, yellow and brown depicting an indoor scene of figures in late eighteenth to early nineteenth century dress. Verso is painted grey. The sticks are ebonized bamboo with ivory guards decorated with ...

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), bamboo (material), printing (process), ivory (tooth component), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 890

Accession Number: 1969.5445

FAN

Paper leaf printed on both sides with Oriental scenes in blue, green, red & purple; bamboo sticks; ebonized guards; metal rivet.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 891

Accession Number: 1969.6428

FAN

White paper leaf stenciled on one side with flowers & bird in red, pink , blue, purple & green; reverse is flowers stenciled in vertical & geometric shapes in green; bamboo sticks; ebonized bamboo guards; metal rivet.

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), staining, ebony (color), paper (fiber product), stenciling

GUSN: 892

Accession Number: 1969.6429

FAN

Paper leaf printed on one side with flowers, on the other with Oriental motifs & flowers, both in blue, red & green; bamboo sticks; ebonized guards; metal rivet.

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), staining, ebony (color), painting (image-making), hand-painted, paper (fiber product), stenciling

GUSN: 893

Accession Number: 1969.6430

FAN

Green paper leaf printed on one side with pastoral scene in gold; the reverse has 3 scenes - a bull fight, portrait of a matador, & a main at a train station; printed in red, yellow, blue, green, & brown; sticks & guards painted green, trimmed with gold, red, & blue scrolling; metal rivet & ring.

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), painting (coating), paper (fiber product), printing (process)

GUSN: 894

Accession Number: 1969.6431

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