American cornucopia : treasures of the Winterthur Library / edited by Katharine Martinez.

Main entry:

Winterthur Library.

Title & Author:

American cornucopia : treasures of the Winterthur Library / edited by Katharine Martinez.

Publication:

Winterthur, Del. : Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1990.
©1990
Charlottesville : Distributed by the University Press of Virginia

Description:

115 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Also issued online.

Summary:

This handsome volume presents highlights of the Winterthur Library collection in eighteen different areas related to the material culture of early America. Written by respected staff members in their areas of expertise, chapter essays cover topics such as architecture, ornament, interiors, furniture, ceramics and glass, metals, gardens, art and artists, cookbooks and manuals of domestic economy, the Shakers, advertising, childhood, courtesy and etiquette, pleasure and company, technology, textiles and needlework, and travel. With sixteen color plates and sixty-two black and white illustrations. Includes a list of holdings cited.

Resources:
PDF full-text of book
website

ISBN:

091272420X
9780912724201

Subject:

Winterthur Library.
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Catalogs.
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum Gardens (Del.)
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
Winterthur (Del.) Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum.
Rare books Delaware Winterthur Bibliography.
Library resources Delaware Winterthur.
Decorative arts Library resources.
Livres rares Delaware Winterthur Bibliographie.
Fonds documentaires Delaware Winterthur.
Arts décoratifs Fonds documentaires.
Civilization Library resources
Library resources
Rare books
Kunst
Kunsthandwerk
United States Civilization Library resources.
États-Unis Civilisation Fonds documentaires.
Delaware Winterthur
United States
USA
Decorative arts Library resources Delaware Winterthur
Rare books Library resources Delaware Winterthur
United States Civilization Library resources Delaware Winterthur

Form/genre:

Bibliography
bibliographies.
Catalogs
Bibliographies
Books.

Added entries:

Martinez, Katharine, 1950- editor.
Du Pont, Henry Francis, 1880-1969, dedicatee.
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 57706
Call No.: ID:90-B6057
Status: Available

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