Historic New England

The Gibson girl and her America; the best drawings. Selected by Edmund Vincent Gillon, Jr., with an introductory essay by Henry C. Pitz.

xi, 144 p. (chiefly illus.) 21 x 29 cm.

Date: [1969]

Creators: Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944. Gillon, Edmund Vincent.

GUSN: 152678

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NC1429.G42 G5

The domesticated Americans / by Russell Lynes.

xii, 308 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1963.

Creators: Lynes, Russell, 1910-

GUSN: 152679

Call Number: Roth E161.L9

Old-time advertising cuts and typography : 184 plates from the Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry catalog (1832) / edited by Stephen O. Saxe.

viii, 184 p. : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1989.

Creators: Saxe, Stephen O. Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry.

GUSN: 152680

Call Number: Roth Z250.B737 1989

Walls & molding : how to care for old and historic wood and plaster / Natalie Shivers.

198 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: c1990.

Creators: Shivers, Natalie W. (Natalie Wilkins)

GUSN: 152681

Call Number: Roth TH2239.S45 1990

Encyclopedia of American history.

xiv, 840 p. ports., diagrs. 25 cm.

Date: [1961]

Creators: Morris, Richard Brandon, 1904- ed.

GUSN: 152682

Call Number: Roth E174.5.M847 1961

The colonial silversmith : his techniques & his products / Henry J. Kauffman ; drawings by Dorothy Briggs.

176 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: [1974] c1969.

Creators: Kauffman, Henry J., 1908-

GUSN: 152683

Call Number: Roth NK7112.K38 1974

American copper & brass [by] Henry J. Kauffman.

288 p. illus., facsims. 26 cm.

Date: [1968]

Creators: Kauffman, Henry J., 1908-

GUSN: 152684

Call Number: Roth NK7803.K3

The care of historical collections; a conservation handbook for the nonspecialist [by] Per E. Guldbeck.

xvii, 160 p. illus. 23 cm.

Date: 1972.

Creators: Guldbeck, Per E. (Per Ernst)

GUSN: 152685

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK1127.5.G8

How do you know it's old? A practical handbook on the detection of fakes for the antique collector and curator, by Harold L. Peterson.

ix, 166 p. illus. 24 cm.

Date: [1975]

Creators: Peterson, Harold Leslie, 1922-

GUSN: 152686

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK1125.P435

The book of Sheffield plate, with all known makers' marks including Victorian plate insignia.

xii, 188 p. illus. 26 cm.

Date: [1949]

Creators: Wyler, Seymour B.

GUSN: 152687

Call Number: Roth NK7250.W87

A guide to artifacts of colonial America / Ivor Noèel Hume.

xx, 330 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: 1991.

Creators: Noèel Hume, Ivor.

GUSN: 152688

Call Number: Roth E159.5.N6 1991

The book of old silver, English, American, foreign / by Seymour B. Wyler ; with all available hallmarks, including Sheffield plate marks.

401 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1937.

Creators: Wyler, Seymour B.

GUSN: 152689

Call Number: Roth NK7230.W9 1937b

Antique cast iron / [by] Michael Owen.

x, 127 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1977.

Creators: Owen, Michael, 1938-

GUSN: 152690

Call Number: Roth NK8243.A1 O83

Silver.

248 p. illus. 18 cm.

Date: [1956]

Creators: Taylor, Gerald, 1923-

GUSN: 152691

Call Number: Roth NK7143.T3

Antique iron : identification and values / Kathryn McNerney.

224 p. : chiefly ill. ; 22 cm.

Date: c1984.

Creators: McNerney, Kathryn.

GUSN: 152692

Call Number: Roth TS236.M33 1984

Antique or fake? : the making of old furniture / Charles H. Hayward.

256 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1971, c1970.

Creators: Hayward, Charles Harold, 1898-

GUSN: 152693

Call Number: Roth TT194.H37 1971

Art nouveau.

168 p. illus. (some col.) 19 cm.

Date: [1966]

Creators: Amaya, Mario.

GUSN: 152694

Call Number: Roth/Coll. N6490.A615

Gems of the Centennial exhibition : consisting of illustrated descriptions of objects of an artistic character, in the exhibits of the United States, Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Russia, Japan, China, Egypt, Turkey, India, etc., etc., at the Philadelphia International Exhibition of 1876.

iv, 164 p. : ill. ; 32 cm.

Date: 1877.

Creators: Ferris, George T. (George Titus), b. 1840.

GUSN: 152695

Call Number: Roth T825.B1 F4

Frank Leslie's illustrated historical register of the Centennial Exposition, 1876.

320 p. : ill. ; 41 cm.

Date: c1876.

GUSN: 152696

Call Number: Roth T825.B1 T75 1876

Frank Lloyd Wright: vision and legacy. Exhibition, Gallery, Architecture Building, Sept. 15-Oct. 1, 1965.

[32] p. illus. 22 cm.

Date: [1966]

Creators: Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959. Illinois. University. Committee of Architectural Heritage.

GUSN: 152697

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK2408.W7

Mission furniture : how to make it / H. H. Windsor.

120 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1976.

Creators: Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven), 1859-1924.

GUSN: 152698

Call Number: Roth TT195.W56 1976

Oak furniture styles and prices.

134 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1975.

GUSN: 152699

Call Number: Roth TS887.O2

America's oak furniture / Nancy N. Schiffer ; photographs by Christopher Biondi.

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

Date: 1988.

Creators: Schiffer, Nancy.

GUSN: 152700

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK2406.S374 1988

American oak furniture : styles and prices / Robert W. and Harriett Swedberg.

166 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: 1986, c1982.

Creators: Swedberg, Robert W. Swedberg, Harriett.

GUSN: 152701

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK2405.S89 1986

Antique American wall match holders [by] Betty H. Rimalover.

32 p. illus.

Date: c1976.

Creators: Rimalover, Betty H.

GUSN: 152702

Call Number: Roth NK8459.M36 R5 1976

The antique door knob / by Maudie Eastwood.

x, 206 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Date: [c1976.]

Creators: Eastwood, Maud L.

GUSN: 152703

Call Number: Roth TH2279.E34

Cornerstone collector's guide to wicker / by Jeffrey Weiss.

128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 x 9 cm.

Date: c1981.

Creators: Weiss, Jeffrey.

GUSN: 152705

Call Number: Roth NK2712.7.W4

Country furniture : a Wallace-Homestead price guide / Ellen M. Plante ; photos by Ted Plante.

ix, 150 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Date: c1993.

Creators: Plante, Ellen M.

GUSN: 152706

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK2407.P63 1993

Perspectives on American furniture / edited by Gerald W.R. Ward.

vi, 360 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Date: c1988.

Creators: Ward, Gerald W. R. Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.

GUSN: 152707

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK2406.P44 1988

The burning passion : antique & collectible pyrography, burnt wood / by Carole and Richard Smyth.

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

Date: c1995.

Creators: Smyth, Carole, 1942- Smyth, Richard, 1942-

GUSN: 152708

Call Number: Roth NK8605.5.U6 S68 1995

Russel Wright, American designer / William J. Hennessey ; introduction by Russell Lynes.

96 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1983.

Creators: Hennessey, William J. (William John) Lynes, Russell, 1910- Gallery Association of New York State.

GUSN: 152709

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK839.W952 H5

Porch, lawn, and cottage furniture : two complete catalogs, ca. 1904 and 1926 / Rustic Hickory Furniture Co. ; edited by Victor M. Linoff.

v, 73 p. : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: 1991.

Creators: Linoff, Victor M. Rustic Hickory Furniture Co.

GUSN: 152710

Call Number: Roth NK2439.R87 A4 1991

Frank Lloyd Wright.

64 p. : ill. (1 folded) ; 23 cm.

Date: [c1981]

Creators: Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959. Kelmscott Gallery.

GUSN: 152711

Call Number: Roth N6537.W74 A4 1981

Frank Lloyd Wright. Furniture portfolio / text & photographs by Thomas A. Heinz.

64 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: c1993.

Creators: Heinz, Thomas A.

GUSN: 152712

Call Number: Roth NK2439.W75 H45 1993

The decorative designs of Frank Lloyd Wright / David A. Hanks.

18 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: [1977?]

Creators: Hanks, David A. Renwick Gallery.

GUSN: 152713

Call Number: Roth NA737.W7 H3

Wooton patent desks : a place for everything and everything in its place.

94 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.

Date: 1983.

Creators: Showalter, J. Camille. Driesbach, Janice Tolhurst. Indiana State Museum. Oakland Museum.

GUSN: 152714

Call Number: Roth TS882.U6 I539 1983

Collection of designs for household furniture and interior decoration; with a new index to the 158 plates. Introd. by Constance V. Hershey. Charles F. Montgomery and Benno M. Forman, editors.

xxviii, xiv, 33 p., 158 plates. 28 cm.

Date: [1970]

Creators: Smith, George, upholsterer to His Majesty.

GUSN: 152715

Call Number: Roth NK2542.S6 1970

Louis C. Tiffany, rebel in glass.

246 p. illus. (part col.) ports. 29 cm.

Date: [1966]

Creators: Koch, Robert, 1918-

GUSN: 152716

Call Number: Roth NK5198.T5 K6 1966

Thonet Bentwood & other furniture : the 1904 illustrated catalogue, with the 1905-6 and 1907 supplements and price lists in German and English / Thonet ; and with a new introd. by Christopher Wilk.

ix, 154, [51] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Date: 1980.

Creators: Thonet, Michael, 1796-1871. Gebrèuder Thonet.

GUSN: 152717

Call Number: Roth TS887.G42 1980

Thonet : 150 years of furniture / Christopher Wilk.

143 p. : ill. ; 22 x 24 cm.

Date: c1980.

Creators: Wilk, Christopher.

GUSN: 152718

Call Number: Roth TS810.A9 W53

The king of desks: Wooton's patent secretary.

31 p. illus., facsims. 28 cm.

Date: 1969.

Creators: Walters, Betty Lawson.

GUSN: 152719

Call Number: Roth TS887.W3

Antique silver and silver collecting [by] John Culme [and] John G. Strang.

96 p. illus. (some col.), col port. 30 cm.

Date: 1973.

Creators: Culme, John. Strang, John G., joint author.

GUSN: 152720

Call Number: Roth NK7104.C84

Interiors then and Now: 1850-1950.

15 p. illus. 19 x 27 cm.

Date: 1950]

Creators: University of Rochester. Memorial Art Galllery.

GUSN: 152721

Call Number: Roth NK1960.R6

The Doll's house, by Faith Bradford.

[32] p. illus. 18 x 23 cm.

Date: 1965.

Creators: Bradford, Faith, 1880-1970. Smithsonian Institution.

GUSN: 152722

Call Number: Roth NK4892.B7

Printed cottons at Old Sturbridge Village, by Paula Sampson Preston.

36 p. illus. 22 cm.

Date: 1969]

Creators: Preston, Paula Sampson. Old Sturbridge Village.

GUSN: 152723

Call Number: Roth NK8802.S8 O45

Mount Vernon silver.

75 p. illus., coat of arms, facsims. 22 cm.

Date: 1957.

Creators: Buhler, Kathryn C.

GUSN: 152724

Call Number: Roth NK7103.B8 c.1 (and 1 more)

Victorian interior decoration : American interiors, 1830-1900 / by Gail Caskey Winkler and Roger Moss.

x, 257 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Date: 1986.

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

GUSN: 152725

Call Number: Roth/Coll. NK2003.5.W56 1986 c.1 (and 1 more)

Staircase

Staircase section with paint removed. Simple square newel and handrail with molding, raised field panel in parallelogram shape.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), softwood

GUSN: 62

Accession Number: 1963.397

Heavily proportioned staircase trim, painted white; included are squat turned balusters, stringers with molding along the top, handrail with outside molding only and a turned newel at the foot of the stairs. All newels have turned knobs on the top.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 63

Accession Number: 1967.67A-H

Rustication

A: consists of 3 quoins, painted white. B: consists of 1 quoin with white paint and some evidence of red paint; three beveled edges. D: consists of 2 quoins.

Date: ca. 1770

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 64

Accession Number: 1959.95ABD

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