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books:

George Washington's Mount Vernon

The Monacelli Press, 1998

1998 Over-sized trade paperback published in Italy. With over 300 illustrations along with scholarly essays, providing a comprehensive look at George Washington's estate at Mount Vernon.

Country Arts in Early American Homes
Nina Fletcher Little

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1999

An expert looks at a wide variety of country arts that characterized early New England homes.

Classic America The Federal Style & Beyond

4 reviews
Wendell Garrett

Rizzoli, 1992

Historically accurate and visually sumptuous
Wendell Garrett has done students of interior design and architecture a very great service with this modestly priced history of America's Federal style. His concise and accurate text is amply matched by Paul Rocheleau's handsome photographs. There is so much to learn, even for amateur students of American architectural history. We hear about Palladio, Robert Adam, Christopher Wren and others ...

The Magazine Antiques
Mary Tyler Cheek, John Sayers Brown, ...

Straight Enterprises Inc., 1981

March 1981 issue of this specialty magazine;articles on Stratford Hall the home of the Lees; Frontiersmen's tomahawks;Abraham Redwood's chairs;Pumpkin house living with antiques;19th c guide to making curtins

Neat and Tidy: Boxes and Their Contents Used in Early American Households
Nina Fletcher Little

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 2001

A classic of material culture, first published in 1980, is once more available.

The Antiques Magazine, March 2008 Modern Painting (73)

Brant Publications, Inc., 2008

March 2008, Cover: Detail of Red Cart, by Stuart Davis, 1932. Oil on canvas. Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. Pages 66-75. Chaste and pure: Maines eighteenth-century meeting houses by Marius B. Péladeau. Pages 76-85. Musical machines and living dolls: The Murtogh D. Guinness Collection by Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier. Pages 86-95. The artistic hearth: The fireplace in the American aesthetic movement by ...

The Magazine Antiques, June 2008 England (73)

Brant Publications, Inc., 2008

June 2008, Cover: Detail of a table with painted plaques designed by W. S. Coleman, English, c. 1875. Private collection; photograph by Richard Holttum. Pages 56-63. Pugins perfect church: Saint Giles in Cheadle by Geoffrey Beard. Pages 64-71. Bold, bright, and underappreciated: British furniture at mid-century by Gregory Cerio. Pages 72-79. An eclectic taste for ormolu: Mounted ceramics at Totton Park, Cheshire by Patricia F. ...

Our Changing White House

1 review
Wendell Garrett

Northeastern, 1995

awesome!
this book is very informative on what could be termed an "american castle". The book details how our monument of freedom has changed through its existence.