Historic New England

The Marine room of the Peabody Museum of Salem.

xiv, 188 p. front., illus., plates, ports. 26 cm.

Date: 1921.

Creators: Robinson, John, 1864-1925, comp. Peabody Museum of Salem.

GUSN: 150442

Call Number: Stacks VM6.S3 P3

A half century in Salem / by M. C. D. Silsbee.

120 p. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1887.

Creators: Silsbee, Marianne Cabot Devereux, Mrs., 1812-1889.

GUSN: 150443

Call Number: Stacks F74.S1 S5

A pageant of Quincy : a pageant in celebration of the tercentenary of the first settlement in Quincy, 1625-1925, written and produced by Virginia Tanner for the tercentenary celebration of Quincy; acted and sung and danced by the citizens of Quincy, South Quincy, West Quincy, Quincy Point, Wollaston, Squantum, Atlantic, June 9, 10, 11, 13 ... Merrymount park.

123 p. : ill.. port., fascims. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1925]

Creators: Tanner, Virginia, 1881-

GUSN: 150444

Call Number: 85M Stacks F47.Q7 T3 c.1 (and 1 more)

History of Needham, Massachusetts, 1711-1911 : including West Needham, now the town of Wellesley, to its separation from Needham in 1881, with some reference to its affairs to 1911 / by George Kuhn Clarke.

746 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Date: c1912.

Creators: Clarke, George Kuhn, b. 1858.

GUSN: 150445

Call Number: Stacks F74.N3 C6

Measured drawings of some colonial and Georgian houses / by Donald Millar.

v. : plates, plans ; 45 cm.

Date: [1915]

Creators: Millar, Donald.

GUSN: 150446

Call Number: Ovr. NA715.M55 1915 vol.1 (and 1 more)

Masonry, a handbook of tools, materials, methods and directions / Kenneth Holmes Bailey.

137 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: [c1945]

Creators: Bailey, Kenneth Holmes

GUSN: 150447

Call Number: Stacks TH5311.B35 1945

Wiring of finished buildings; a practical treatise, dealing with the commercial and the technical phases of the subject, for the central station man, electrical contractor and wireman, by Terrell Croft.

xi, 275 p. illus. (incl. plans, forms) tables, diagrs. 22 cm.

Date: 1915.

Creators: Croft, Terrell, 1880-

GUSN: 150448

Call Number: Stacks TK3271.C7

Measured drawings of woodwork displayed in the American Wing.

[4] p., XL pl. 37 x 52 cm.

Date: 1925.

Creators: Faulkner, Herbert Winthrop Waldron. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing.

GUSN: 150449

Call Number: Ovr. NA707.N4

Early American gardens : for meate or medicine / by Ann Leighton.

xviii, 441 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1986, c1970.

Creators: Leighton, Ann, 1902?-1985.

GUSN: 150450

Call Number: Stacks SB451.34.N38 L45 1986

An illustrated and annotated guide to New England gardens open to the public / by Rolce Redard Payne ; with photos. by Cymie R. Payne.

230 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 1979.

Creators: Payne, Rolce Redard. Payne, Cymie R.

GUSN: 150451

Call Number: Stacks SB466.U65 N484

Beautiful gardens in America / by Louise Shelton.

xv, 341 p. : plates. 28 cm.

Date: 1916 [c1915]

Creators: Shelton, Louise, 1867-

GUSN: 150452

Call Number: 85M Stacks SB466.U6 S5 1916

The evolution of horticulture in New England / by Daniel Denison Slade.

180 p. ; 18 cm.

Date: 1895.

Creators: Slade, Daniel Denison

GUSN: 150453

Call Number: Stacks SB83.S6 1895

Art out-of-doors. Hints on good taste in gardening, by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer ...

x, 399 p. 19 cm.

Date: 1893.

Creators: Van Rensselaer, Schuyler, Mrs., 1851-1934.

GUSN: 150454

Call Number: 85M Stacks SB472.V3 1893 c.1 (and 1 more)

Vick's illustrated monthly magazine.

23 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 24-31 cm.

Date: 1878-1900.

GUSN: 150455

Call Number: Stacks SB1.V53 vol.1

Farm ballads / by Will Carleton.

[5] p. ¾., 108 p., [1] ¾., [10] leaves of plates : ill., front. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1874.

Creators: Carleton, Will, 1845-1912.

GUSN: 150456

Call Number: Stacks PS1257.F3 1874

The American farm : a photographic history / by Maisie Conrat and Richard Conrat.

256 p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.

Date: 1977.

Creators: Conrat, Maisie. Conrat, Richard.

GUSN: 150457

Call Number: Stacks S441.C75

The practical fruit, flower and vegetable gardener's companion : with calendar / by Patrick Neill ; adapted to the United States ; from the fourth edition, revised and improved by the author ; edited by G. Emerson ; with notes and additions, by R.G. Pardee.

408 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: c1855 (1857 printing)

Creators: Neill, Patrick, 1776-1851. Emerson, G. (Gouverneur), 1796-1874. Pardee, R. G. (Richard Gay), 1811-1869.

GUSN: 150458

Call Number: Stacks

A long, deep furrow : three centuries of farming in New England / by Howard S. Russell.

xvi, 672 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1976.

Creators: Russell, Howard S.

GUSN: 150459

Call Number: Stacks HD1773.A2 R87

The book of the farm; detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattleman, shepherd, field-worker and dairymaid. To which are the added explanatory notes, remarks, etc., by John S. Skinner.

2 v. : illus. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1855.

Creators: Stephens, Henry, 1795-1874. Skinner, John Stuart, 1788-1851.

GUSN: 150460

Call Number: Stacks S511.S83 1855

Swords & daggers / by Frederick Wilkinson.

256 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: [1968, c1967]

Creators: Wilkinson, Frederick, 1922-

GUSN: 150461

Call Number: Coll. NK6704.W5 1967b

American military insignia, 1800-1851 / J. Duncan Campbell and Edgar M. Howell.

xv, 124 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: 1963.

Creators: Campbell, J. Duncan, (James Duncan), 1916- Howell, Edgar M. Museum of History and Technology (U.S.).

GUSN: 150462

Call Number: Coll. UC533.C3 1963

Arms and armor in colonial America, 1526-1783.

350 p. illus., ports. 29 cm.

Date: [1956]

Creators: Peterson, Harold Leslie, 1922-

GUSN: 150463

Call Number: Coll. U818.P4

Dutch tiles / by Dingeman Korf ; drawings by the author ; translation by Marieke Clarke.

136 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1963.

Creators: Korf, Dingeman.

GUSN: 150464

Call Number: Coll. NK4670.K613

Miniature antique furniture, by Herbert F. and Peter B. Schiffer.

264 p. illus. (part col.) 29 cm.

Date: [1972]

Creators: Schiffer, Herbert F., 1917- Schiffer, Peter Berwind, joint author.

GUSN: 150465

Call Number: Coll. NK2750.S35

Playing cards.

120p. illus. (part col.), facsims. 22 cm.

Date: [c1967]

Creators: Tilley, Roger.

GUSN: 150466

Call Number: Coll. GV1233.T5 1967b (and 1 more)

Everybody's book of the queen's dolls' house, edited by A. C. Benson ... and Sir Lawrence Weaver.

159 p. illus. 25 cm.

Date: [1924]

Creators: Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925, ed. Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876- Morley, F. V. (Frank Vigor), 1899-

GUSN: 150467

Call Number: Coll. NA2790.B42

The shop on High Street : the toys and games of Early America / John J. Loeper.

112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., Describes toys and games available in America during the period from 1760 to 1815.

Date: 1978.

Creators: Loeper, John J.

GUSN: 150468

Call Number: Coll. GV1218.5.L63 1978

Aunt Teeks in memory land / A.C. Steele.

105 p. ; 29 cm.

Date: 1959-1963.

Creators: Steele, Alice C. Progressive Club (Windsor, Mass.)

GUSN: 150469

Call Number: Coll. TS2301.T7 S74

Black and white engraving of a scene from Shakespeare's King Henry the Fourth set in Boar's Head Tavern; Henry, standing to the left, is addressing Falstaff, sitting to the right; four other figures in background; molded pine frame with gilt and gesso on front.

Date: 1796

Maker: Thew., Robt. (Engraver) Smirke, Robert (Painter) Boydell, John & Josiah (Publisher)

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

GUSN: 5260

Accession Number: 1971.623

Engraving

Black and white engraving of a scene from Shakepeare's King Lear; stormy and dramatic outdoor scene with Lear in center surrounded by attendants; pine frame with applied gilt molding.

Date: 1793

Maker: Sharp, W. (Engraver) West, Benjamin (Painter) Boydell, John & Josiah (Publisher)

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

GUSN: 5261

Accession Number: 1971.624

Engraving

Colored engraving of a Shakespearean scene; woman (Elgiva) being seized by three soldiers in center of print; a man (Dunsran) stands to their left; vaulted interior scene; Elgiva's crown lies on floor to right of center; wooden frame covered with gilt and gesso; spiral band on frame.

Date: ca. 1807

Maker: Reynolds, S. W. (Engraver) Streatfeild, T. (Delineator) Orme, Edward (Publisher)

Material: coloring, engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 5262

Accession Number: 1971.625

Engraving

Black and white engraving of an English country scene; one white and one black horse occupy central foreground, surrounded by sheep; an inn and trees occupy right background; a group of three horses occupy middle ground on left and lead eye back to sheep, people and river; wooden frame with elaborat...

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: Giller, William (Engraver) Herring, Sr., J.F. (Painter)

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

GUSN: 5263

Accession Number: 1971.626

Engraving, "The Washington Family"

Black and white engraving of George Washington and his family; Washington in uniform sits at left with grandson standing beside him; Martha Washington sits on right with granddaughter standing beside her; an enslaved African American man stands behind Martha; the map on the table (in the center of t...

Date: 1798

Maker: Savage, Edward (Painter)

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

GUSN: 5264

Accession Number: 1971.627

"Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious G. Washington"

This black and white engraving is a memento mori for George Washington. The scene contains the monument, two mourning figures (one male, one female), and a female allegorical figure with an anchor representing hope and remembrance. The monument has a short rectangular base with a pyramid above. Moun...

Date: 1801

Maker: Clarke, T. (Engraver)

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

GUSN: 5265

Accession Number: 1971.628

Engraving

Black and white steel engraving of a pastoral scene; in the foreground, one woman and a dog crossing stream, another woman seated on bank; deep perspective view; mahogany and light hardwood molded frame.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: Brandard, Robert (Engraver) Turner, J.M.W. (Painter)

Material: paper (fiber product), steel engraving (printing process)

GUSN: 5266

Accession Number: 1971.629

Engraving

Black and white engraving of the trial of Marie Antoinette, who stands in center of scene; two men are seated at a table to the left, probably judges; several men and women placed to create perspective; gilded wooden frame; gessoed spiral band on frame.

Date: 1796

Maker: Bovi, Mariano (Engraver) Pellegrini, D. (Painter)

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

GUSN: 5267

Accession Number: 1971.630

Lantern

Held from ceiling by ring turned shaft; central ring has three chains hanging from it which support glass chimney; rings are attached to glass via an S-shaped brass bird's neck which clips over the lip of the glass; a brass band beneath lip has Greek key motif; chimney tapers at base where same bras...

Date: 1868-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material)

GUSN: 5268

Accession Number: 1971.631

Carpet

Five geometric borders exclosing diagonally set floral elements; no fringe; principle tones of brown, salmon, off-white.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 5269

Accession Number: 1971.632

Carpet

Six borders of geometric patterns enclosing central rectangle of geometric figures; woven edges have been partially unravelled leaving warp threads; predominant color is blue with red, yellow and white.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 5270

Accession Number: 1971.633

Rug

Rug, coarsely woven with wool fringe. Six floral borders surround a central medallion. Predominant colors of red, off-white, black, and turquoise.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 5271

Accession Number: 1971.634

Carpet

Woven rug has three borders; cenger border is geometric while first and third borders have abstract "fan" motif; central pattern is eight geometric medallions on blue background; browns, tans, and yellow; colors bright.

Date: 1768-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 5272

Accession Number: 1971.635

Carpet

Rectangular rug has series of four borders alternating with stripes of various colors; modified Greek key border repeated twice, enclosing Indian-like geometric border; center motif, framed by "Z" border, made of overall diamond pattern; blue, brown, tan predominates.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 5273

Accession Number: 1971.636

Fancy Side Chair

Painted gold and decorated; simple turned rear legs and raked stiles are surmounted by simple curved crest rail decorated with an elaborately scrolled fleur de lis in central reserve; three thin turned curved rungs surmount the bell-shaped caned seat and straight seat rail; straight turned frontal l...

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: cane (plant material), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), painting (coating), hardwood

GUSN: 5274

Accession Number: 1971.637.1

Fancy Side Chair

Painted gold and decorated; simple turned rear legs and raked stiles are surmounted by simple curved crest rail decorated with an elaborately scrolled fleur de lis in central reserve; three thin turned curved rungs surmount the bell-shaped caned seat and straight seat rail; straight turned frontal l...

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: cane (plant material), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), painting (coating), hardwood

GUSN: 5275

Accession Number: 1971.637.2

Fancy Side Chair

Painted gold and decorated; simple turned rear legs and raked stiles are surmounted by simple curved crest rail decorated with an elaborately scrolled fleur de lis in central reserve; three thin turned curved rungs surmount the bell-shaped caned seat and straight seat rail; straight turned frontal l...

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: cane (plant material), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), painting (coating), hardwood

GUSN: 5276

Accession Number: 1971.637.3

Fancy Side Chair

Painted gold and decorated; simple turned rear legs and raked stiles are surmounted by simple curved crest rail decorated with an elaborately scrolled fleur de lis in central reserve; three thin turned curved rungs surmount the bell-shaped caned seat and straight seat rail; straight turned frontal l...

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: cane (plant material), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), painting (coating), hardwood

GUSN: 5277

Accession Number: 1971.637.4

Fancy Side Chair

Painted gold and decorated; simple turned rear legs and raked stiles are surmounted by simple curved crest rail decorated with an elaborately scrolled fleur de lis in central reserve; three thin turned curved rungs surmount the bell-shaped caned seat and straight seat rail; straight turned frontal l...

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: cane (plant material), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), painting (coating), hardwood

GUSN: 5278

Accession Number: 1971.637.5

Daybed

Overstuffed; fully upholstered in modern large floral cotton print; scroll back rises from open end culminating at other end with scrolled arm; large removable seat cushion and two throw pillows.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), hardwood

GUSN: 5279

Accession Number: 1971.638

Fireplace Tongs

Brass lemon finial on ring turned brass handle; from circular base of handle two round iron shafts project, terminating at ovoid plates.

Date: ca. 1790

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 5280

Accession Number: 1971.640

Fire Fender

C-shaped fender has thin vertical wires held by five horizontal supporting bands; twelve vertical wrought iron supports enclosed by base and top support screen; wavy band at top and bottom of screen for decorative effect; painted black or "stove" blacked.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wire, wrought

GUSN: 5281

Accession Number: 1971.641

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