Historic New England

Homes of our forefathers in Massachusetts. From original drawings, by Edwin Whitefield.

2 p. l., 39 l. 39 mounted col. pl. 25 cm.

Date: 1892.

Creators: Whitefield, Edwin, 1816-1892.

GUSN: 145990

The homes of our forefathers. Being a selection of the oldest and most interesting historical houses, and noted places in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. From original drawings taken on the spot, by Edwin Whitefield.

3 p. 1., 36 col. pl. 25 x 20 cm.

Date: 1886.

Creators: Whitefield, Edwin, 1816-1892.

GUSN: 145991

Call Number: Rare F5.W58 c.1 (and 1 more)

The Barclays of Boston. By Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis.

2 p.l., 419 p. 21 cm.

Date: 1854.

Creators: Otis, Harrison Gray, Mrs., 1796-1873.

GUSN: 145992

Call Number: Rare PZ3.O885 B

Problems in building construction : a scientific method approach / J. Trill, J.T. Bowyer.

2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1972.

Creators: Trill, John. Bowyer, Jack, joint author. Problems in building construction.

GUSN: 145993

Call Number: HisPres. TH145.T7

A dictionary of architecture / Nikolaus Pevsner, John Fleming, and Hugh Honour.

556 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1976, c1966.

Creators: Pevsner, Nikolaus, Sir, 1902- Fleming, John, 1919- Honour, Hugh.

GUSN: 145994

Call Number: HisPres. NA31.P48 1976

Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley, by Charles Albert Wight.

5 p. l., 144 p. front., plates, ports., plans, facsims. 23 cm.

Date: c1911]

Creators: Wight, Charles Albert, 1856-

GUSN: 146907

Call Number: Stacks F12.C7 W6

Evaluating your collection : the 14 points of connoisseurship / compiled by Dwight P. Lanmon.

123 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Date: c1999.

Creators: Lanmon, Dwight P.

GUSN: 146908

Call Number: Coll. AM231.L36 1999

Three centuries of American antiques : American heritage / by the editors of American heritage ; author and editor in charge, Marshall B. Davidson.

3 v. in 1 : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: 1979.

Creators: Davidson, Marshall B. Davidson, Marshall B. American heritage history of colonial antiques. Davidson, Marshall B. American heritage history of American antiques from the Revolution to the Civil War. Davidson, Marshall B. American heritage history of antiques from the Civil War to World War I.

GUSN: 146909

Call Number: Coll. NK805.D38

American art & architecture of the Boston Public Library / [Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston].

64 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 25 x 30 cm.

Date: c1999.

Creators: Boston Public Library. Boston Public Library Foundation.

GUSN: 146910

Call Number: Coll. Z733.B752 A55 1999x

Classical Maryland, 1815-1845 : fine and decorative arts from the golden age / Gregory R. Weidman, Jennifer F. Goldsborough ; with Robert L. Alexander ... [et al.]

185 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: 1993.

Creators: Weidman, Gregory R., 1950- Goldsborough, Jennifer Faulds. Alexander, Robert L., 1920- Maryland Historical Society.

GUSN: 146911

Call Number: Coll. N6530.M3 W42 1993 (and 1 more)

Colonial revival furniture : with prices / David P. Lindquist and Caroline C. Warren.

ix, 166 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: c1993.

Creators: Lindquist, David P. Warren, Caroline C.

GUSN: 146912

Call Number: Coll. NK2407.L55 1993 (and 1 more)

Masterpieces of American furniture from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute / Anna Tobin D'Ambrosio, editor ; John Bigelow Taylor, principal photographer.

171 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: c1999.

Creators: D'Ambrosio, Anna Tobin. Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. Cincinnati Art Museum.

GUSN: 146913

Call Number: Coll. NK2407.M86 1999 (and 1 more)

American rococo, 1750-1775 : elegance in ornament / Morrison H. Heckscher, Leslie Greene Bowman.

xv, 288 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: c1992.

Creators: Heckscher, Morrison H. Bowman, Leslie Greene. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

GUSN: 146914

Call Number: Coll. NK1403.5.H4 1992 c.1 (and 1 more)

The American craftsman and the European tradition, 1620-1820 / edited by Francis J. Puig and Michael Conforti.

xxi, 295 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: c1989.

Creators: Puig, Francis J. Conforti, Michael. Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Carnegie Institute.

GUSN: 146915

Call Number: Coll. NK806.A46 1989 (and 2 more)

American furniture from the Kaufman collection / J. Michael Flanigan ; introductory essays, Wendy A. Cooper, Morrison H. Heckscher, Gregory R. Weidman.

263 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: c1986.

Creators: Flanigan, J. Michael. Cooper, Wendy A. Heckscher, Morrison H. Weidman, Gregory R., 1950- National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

GUSN: 146916

Call Number: Coll. NK2406.F58 1986 c.1 (and 1 more)

American seating furniture, 1630-1730 : an interpretive catalogue / Benno M. Forman.

xxv, 397 p. : ill. ; 32 cm.

Date: c1988.

Creators: Forman, Benno M.

GUSN: 146917

Call Number: Coll. NK2715.F65 1988 c.1 (and 1 more)

American case furniture in the Mabel Brady Garvan and other collections at Yale University / Gerald W.R. Ward ; photographs by Charles Uht.

xv, 485 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: c1988.

Creators: Ward, Gerald W. R.

GUSN: 146918

Call Number: Coll. NK2725.W37 1988 (and 1 more)

New England furniture at Williamsburg; [catalog] by Barry A. Greenlaw.

viii, 195 p. illus. 30 cm.

Date: [c1974]

Creators: Greenlaw, Barry A. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

GUSN: 146919

Call Number: Coll. NK2410.C64 1974a c.1 (and 1 more)

Boston in the age of neo-classicism, 1810-1840 / Stuart P. Feld ; with an introductory essay by Page Talbott.

143 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1999.

Creators: Feld, Stuart P. Talbott, Page. Hirschl & Adler Galleries.

GUSN: 146920

Call Number: Coll. N6510.5.N4 F435 1999 (and 2 more)

Antiques illustrated & priced : dated and appraised for the collector, dealer and decorator / Norman Hudson.

403 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Date: c1978.

Creators: Hudson, William Norman.

GUSN: 146921

Call Number: Coll. NK810.H82 1978

Directory of the historic cabinet woods.

186 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: c1960.

Creators: Hinckley, F. Lewis.

GUSN: 146922

Call Number: Coll. NK2260.H52y 1960b

A directory of antique furniture : the authentic classification of European and American designs for professionals & connoisseurs / F. Lewis Hinckley.

xxxiv, 355 p. : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: 1953

Creators: Hinckley, F. Lewis.

GUSN: 146923

Call Number: Coll. NK2260.H5 1953

Small antique silverware / G. Bernard Hughes.

224 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 1957.

Creators: Hughes, G. Bernard (George Bernard), 1896-

GUSN: 146924

Call Number: Coll. NK7143.H82 1957b (and 1 more)

History of American socialisms / John Humphrey Noyes.

vi, 678 p. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1961.

Creators: Noyes, John Humphrey, 1811-1886.

GUSN: 146925

Call Number: Stacks HX83.N9 1961

Old tavern signs: an excursion in the history of hospitality, by Fritz Endell, with illustrations by the author.

x, [1], 303, [1] p. front., illus., plates. 23 cm.

Date: 1916.

Creators: Endell, Fritz August Gottfried, 1873-

GUSN: 146926

Call Number: Stacks GT3910.E5

Taverns and stagecoaches of New England; anecdotes and tales recalling the days of stagecoach travel and the ancient hostelries where strangers tarried. Edited by R. M. Eastman.

2 v. illus., map., facsims. 23 cm.

Date: 1953-54.

Creators: Forbes, Allan, 1874-1955. Eastman, Ralph Mason, 1891-

GUSN: 146927

Call Number: Stacks F5.F6 v.1 (and 1 more)

A guide to the architecture of Washington, D.C. With an introd. by Francis Donald Lethbridge.

211 p. illus., col. maps (1 fold.) plans. 23 cm.

Date: [1965]

Creators: Jacobsen, Hugh Newell. ed. American Institute of Architects. Washington-Metropolitan Chapter.

GUSN: 146928

Call Number: Stacks NA735.W3 J3

The covered bridge, an old American landmark whose romance, stability, and craftmanship are typified by the structures remaining in Vermont. Illustrated by Edmund Homer Royce.

150 p. incl. front., illus. 26 cm.

Date: [c1941]

Creators: Congdon, Herbert Wheaton, 1876-1965.

GUSN: 146929

Call Number: Stacks TG24.V5 C6

A guide book of art, architecture, and historic interests in Pennsylvania.

509 p. illus., maps, plates, ports. 23 cm.

Date: 1924.

Creators: Archambault, Anna Margaretta, ed.

GUSN: 146930

Call Number: Stacks F149.A66

Old covered bridges; the story of covered bridges in general; with a description of the remaining bridges in Massachusetts and Connecticut, by Adelbert M. Jakeman.

107 p. incl. front., illus. 25 cm.

Date: [c1935]

Creators: Jakeman, Adelbert M.

GUSN: 146931

Call Number: Stacks TG28.15.J3

The American country house / Clive Aslet.

vii, 302 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Date: 1990.

Creators: Aslet, Clive, 1955-

GUSN: 146932

Call Number: Stacks E159.A85 1990

The mill / produced and designed by William Fox ; photography by Bill Brooks ; written by Janice Tyrwhitt ; ill. by Helen Fox.

224 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Date: c1976.

Creators: Fox, William. Brooks, Bill. Tyrwhitt, Janice.

GUSN: 146933

Call Number: 85M Stacks TJ859.F65 1976

Badger's Illustrated catalogue of cast-iron architecture / by Daniel D. Badger ; with a new introduction by Margot Gayle.

xvii, 35 p., 102 p. of plates : ill. ; 31 cm.

Date: c1981.

Creators: Badger, Daniel D. Architectural Iron Works (Firm)

GUSN: 146934

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA3503.7.B32 1981

Modern farm buildings, being suggestions for the most approved ways of designing the cow barn, dairy, horse barn, hay barn, sheepcote, piggery, manure pit, chicken house, root cellar, ice house, and other buildings of the farm group, on practical, sanitary and artistic lines. By Alfred Hopkins ...

6 p. ¾., p. 15-206 p. front., illus., plates, plans, diagrs. 26 cm.

Date: 1916.

Creators: Hopkins, Alfred, 1870-1941.

GUSN: 146935

Call Number: Stacks TH4911.H66 1916

Historic restorations of the Daughters of the American revolution, by Lewis Barrington; foreword by Sarah Corbin Robert.

210 p. illus. 25 cm.

Date: 1941.

Creators: Barrington, Lewis.

GUSN: 146936

Call Number: Stacks E159. B26

Barn plans and outbuildings.

xii, 235 p. ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1883.

Creators: Halsted, Byron David, 1852-1918.

GUSN: 146937

Call Number: 85M Stacks TH4911.H35 1883

Everybody's paint book : a complete guide to the art of outdoor and indoor painting ... consisting of practical lessons in plain painting, varnishing, polishing, staining, paper-hanging, kalsomining, etc. ... renovating furniture, and hints on artistic work for home decoration, together with a full description of the tools and materials used. Precise directions are given for mixing paints for all purposes. Illustrated / by F. B. Gardner ...

iv, 188 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1884.

Creators: Gardner, F. B. (Franklin B.)

GUSN: 146938

Call Number: Stacks TT320.G37 1884

Carpentry made easy, or, The science and art of framing, on a new and improved system / by William E. Bell.

152 p., 44 leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 1891.

Creators: Bell, William E.

GUSN: 146939

Call Number: Stacks TH5605.B43

The painters' encyclopaedia. Containing definitions of all important words in the art of plain and artistic painting, with details of practice in coach, carriage, railway car, house, sign and ornamental painting, including graining, marbling ... and valuable hints and helps in scene painting, porcelain painting, plain painting, distemper painting, and all work in which a brush, pencil or palette is used. Elaborately illustrated. By Franklin B. Gardner.

427 p. illus., diagr. 19 cm.

Date: 1887.

Creators: Gardner, F. B. (Franklin B.)

GUSN: 146940

Call Number: 85M Stacks TT305.G21

Architecture : a place for women / Ellen Perry Berkeley, editor, Matilda McQuaid, associate editor.

xxxiii, 277 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: c1989.

Creators: Berkeley, Ellen Perry. McQuaid, Matilda.

GUSN: 146941

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA1997.A74 1989

The art of mural decoration / by T. Goodwin.

104, 54 p. ; 18 cm.

Date: 1874.

Creators: Goodwin, T. G. (Thomas G.)

GUSN: 146942

Call Number: Stacks ND2550.G65 1874

Historical sketch of the paint, oil, varnish and allied trades of Boston since 1800, A.D. / by George L. Gould.

148 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1914?].

Creators: Gould, George L.

GUSN: 146943

Call Number: Stacks HD9999.P15 G68

The fifty best historic American houses, Colonial and Federal, now furnished and open to the public.

112 p. illus. 22 cm.

Date: 1955.

Creators: Carpenter, Ralph E.

GUSN: 146944

Call Number: Stacks E159.C3

House decoration : comprising whitewashing, paperhanging, painting, etc. ; with numerous engravings and diagrams / edited by Paul N. Hasluck.

160 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Date: 1914.

Creators: Hasluck, Paul N. (Paul Nooncree), 1854-1931.

GUSN: 146945

Call Number: 85M Stacks TT320.H68 1914

Victorian exterior decoration : how to paint your nineteenth-century American house historically / Roger W. Moss and Gail Caskey Winkler.

117 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: c1987.

Creators: Moss, Roger W., 1940- Winkler, Gail Caskey.

GUSN: 146946

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA3503.7.M68 1987

The colonial house, by Joseph Everett Chandler.

341 p. illus. 26 cm.

Date: 1916.

Creators: Chandler, Joseph Everett.

GUSN: 146947

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA707.C55 1916

The painter, gilder, and varnisher's companion: containing rules and regulations in everything relating to the arts of painting, gilding, varnishing, glass-staining, graining, marbeling, sign-writing, gilding on glass and coach painting and varnishing....

356 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1873.

Creators: Chevreul, Michel, l786-l899.

GUSN: 146948

Call Number: 85M Stacks TT305.P14 1873

Village and farm cottages. The requirements of American village homes considered and suggested; with designs for such houses of moderate cost. By Henry W. Cleaveland, William Backus, and Samuel D. Backus.

1 p. ¾., xii, 189 p. illus., XXIV pl. (incl. front., plans) 24 cm.

Date: 1856.

Creators: Cleaveland, Henry W. (Henry William) Backus, William D. joint author. Backus, Samuel D. joint author.

GUSN: 146949

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7207.C6 1856

Fanlights / Alexander Stuart Gray, John Sambrook, Tony Birks-Hay ; drawings by Charlotte Halliday ; photographs by Jane WHitton.

148 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 1990.

Creators: Gray, Alexander Stuart. Sambrook, John. Birks-Hay, Tony. Halliday, Charlotte.

GUSN: 146950

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA3030.G73 1990

Brick architecture of the colonial period in Maryland & Virginia, by Lewis A. Coffin, jr., & Arthur C. Holden.

29 p. illus. (incl. plans) 118 pl. (1 double) 32 cm.

Date: 1919.

Creators: Coffin, Lewis Augustus, 1892- Holden, Arthur Cort, 1890- joint author.

GUSN: 146951

Call Number: Stacks NA707.C6

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