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Author : Charlotte Turgeon
Publisher : Colonial Williamsburg
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0879350660
Offers traditional and contemporary recipes
Author : Susan Hight Rountree
Publisher : Colonial Williamsburg
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0879350857
Superb photography, descriptive text, and 27 charming color drawings present ideas and how-to's for creating wreaths, cones, swags, roping, and other holiday decorations for mantels, stairways, windows, and tables.
Author : M. Kent Brinkley,Gordon W. Chappell
Publisher : Colonial Williamsburg
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0879351586
""The Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg" features twenty gardens in Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area. Stunning photography complements the text and detailed garden plans identify the plantings in each garden. Experience the sights, colors, and textures found in Colonial Williamsburg's gardens each season of the year."--Book jacket.
Author : Anders Greenspan
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807833438
In Creating Colonial Williamsburg, Anders Greenspan examines the restoration and re-creation of the structures and gardens of Virginia's colonial capital beginning in 1926. The restoration was undertaken by the Rockefeller family, whose aim was to
Author : Victor Lederer,The Brooklyn Historical Society
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0738537926
There is no New York neighborhood that boasts a richer history or more exciting present than Williamsburg. At first a quiet waterside community, Williamsburg briefly became a wealthy suburb of Manhattan in the middle of the nineteenth century. Heavy industrialization and a tidal wave of immigrants later turned Williamsburg into New York's poorest, most crowded quarter. With images drawn chiefly from the rich photographic collection of the Brooklyn Historical Society, Williamsburg illustrates the neighborhood's transformation from one of New York's most impoverished and least fashionable neighborhoods to a modern-day example of the city's capacity for self-renewal.
Author : John D. Davis
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1584653159
The collection of British pewter at Colonial Williamsburg is remarkable for its breadth and detail. It illustrates the development of basic forms and types of decoration from the first decades of the seventeenth century through those of the nineteenth, and includes a complementary admixture of American examples, which often exhibit readily identifiable regional and individual preferences. This catalog is divided into sections based on use, including dining wares, drinking vessels, and religious objects. This organization allows for the juxtaposition of related forms and for the appreciation of their chronologies and development. The important Colonial Williamsburg collection that has been formed over the past seventy-five years. It highlights the many purposes pewter served in early American history, assisting in the transfer of culture from Europe and in the shaping of distinctive American attitudes and artifacts, and is also illustrative of the broad distribution of British wares, especially apparent in Virginia and the lower Chesapeake region, where there were relatively few practicing pewterers and where there was a decided dependence on imported pewter.
Author : John Custis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 094561280X
This absorbing letterbook, meticulously edited and thoroughly annotated, provides remarkable insight into the life and concerns of 18th-century colonial Virginians. The letters are especially revealing about economic life, the material culture of colonial Virginia, and the treacherous legal and financial conditions in which even important planters operated. The correspondence clearly shows how a wealthy colonial planter uses and could be misused by the British mercantile system. The letters also provide a view of the personal side of the sober and overly frugal Custis: his fashionable passion for gardening (in which he was 'inferior to few if any in Virginia'); his strife-filled nine-year marriage to Frances Parke, before her death from smallpox; and his uneven relationships with his son and daughter.
Author : Barry A. Greenlaw
Publisher : Colonial Williamsburg
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0879350199
This catalog illustrates and describes 164 pieces of New England furniture in the Colonial Williamsburg collection, including examples of nearly every type of household furniture made and used during the colonial period.
Author : Graham Hood
Publisher : Colonial Williamsburg
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0879350180
From Colonial Williamsburg's vast assemblage of largely English and American antique furnishings this book presents in beautiful full-color pictures and authoritative captions a sampling of some 2000 items. Many appear in room settings such as the visitor to restored Williamsburg may see; many others are shown inidivually in careful detail photographs.
Author : Ivor Noël Hume
Publisher : Colonial Williamsburg
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0910412073
A review of the pottery and porcelain found in Williamsburg, with a summary of the wares and their datable characteristics.
Author : Will Molineux
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0738513792
Today, much of Williamsburg appears as it once was-the colonial capital of Virginia, where patriots forged many of the principles of American democracy. This historic city attracts a million visitors a year, including many world leaders. They come to walk the streets trod by George Washington, to stand in the legislative hall where Patrick Henry spoke out for liberty, and to be inspired by the words of Thomas Jefferson. Twentieth-century residents of Williamsburg have witnessed dramatic changes in their community. First, before World War II, was the re-creation of the Historic Area-the fulfillment of a vision seen by a clergyman and financed by John D. Rockefeller Jr. In recent decades there has been an ongoing burst of construction to accommodate the influx of visitors and newcomers. Once an almost forgotten, out-of-the-way place, Williamsburg has become a thriving city and one of America's most popular tourist destinations. With photographs from the archives of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and local newspapers, Williamsburg presents a record of building activity and the restoration that returned the city to the eighteenth century and made its streets into pathways to the past. Included are the transformations of the city's two principal institutions, the College of William and Mary and Eastern State Hospital, as well as a photographic curtain call for Paul Green's outdoor drama The Common Glory. The people who have participated in making Williamsburg a vibrant, modern community and the famous visitors who have celebrated its heritage are highlighted in this fitting tribute to an American landmark.
Author : Susan Hight Rountree
Publisher : Colonial Williamsburg
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0879350954
Drawing on the heritage of Virginia hospitality, this book contains a treasure trove of sugges- tions and ow-tos for commemorating special occassions throughout the year. From a winter dinner to a spring wedding, this beautiful book, provides a wealth of flower-arranging, decorating, handicraft, and cooking ideas.
Author : Colonial Williamsburg Fndtn
Publisher : Colonial Williamsburg
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1959-06
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0910412227
The range of activities of this tradesperson runs the gamut from barbering and hairdressing to the design and fabrication of sought-after wigs, or perukes. By 1764 a French catalog shows 115 wig styles, "the distinguishing badge of gentle folk."
Author : Harold B. Gill,Raymond R. Townsend,Thomas K. Ford
Publisher : Colonial Williamsburg
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : History
ISBN : 0910412189
The story of the leatherworker's art unfolds as leather objects vital to everyday colonial life are created. Read about tanning and currying, saddle and harness making, and the crafting of boots and shoes.
Author : Thomas K. Ford
Publisher : Colonial Williamsburg
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0910412219
Colonial silversmiths were skilled at their craft, but many employed other talents! Read about these surprisingly versatile artisans, the silver objects they created, and the other interests they pursued.