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The Risod, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives, Risd Archives Jan 1914

The Risod, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives, Risd Archives

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The 1914 yearbook for Rhode Island School of Design, this includes hand drawn illustrations, descriptions of each department within the school, lists of faculty and graduating students, descriptions of popular social events, photographs of some of the senior class, and advertisements. A brief essay by Mr. Rowe of the RISD Museum and a brief article by Mrs. Radeke about the RISD Museum were also included. Poems and sport news were also featured. This was published by the Athletic Association of RISD.

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The Dutch Colonial House : Its Origin, Design, Modern Plan And Construction, Aymar Embury Ii, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1913

The Dutch Colonial House : Its Origin, Design, Modern Plan And Construction, Aymar Embury Ii, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Architecture

iv, 108 pages, [64] pages of plates : frontispiece, illus., plans. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. The country house library; a series of architectural books for the layman "Illustrated with photographs of old examples and American adaptations of the style" The genesis of the style -- Materials -- The treatment of the roof -- Doors and windows -- Plan -- The treatment of principal rooms -- Furniture and decoration. Decorated cloth cover binding illustrated with large vignette of a house, and a partial view of the lawn with two cypress …

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Royal Palaces And Parks Of France, Francis [Pseud.] Miltoun, Blanche Mcmanus, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1910

Royal Palaces And Parks Of France, Francis [Pseud.] Miltoun, Blanche Mcmanus, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Architecture

viii, 371 p., [41] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), plans. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Includes index. Includes illustrated lining papers.

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The Lotus, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives Jan 1910

The Lotus, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The 1910 yearbook for Rhode Island School of Design, called The Lotus, included hand drawn illustrations, student-submitted entries, descriptions of each department in the school, lists of students and faculty, descriptions of popular social events, and advertisements. Also included was a calendar of events for the school year. Poems and short stories were also in this yearbook.

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Historic Buildings Of America, Esther Singleton, Alice Morse, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1906

Historic Buildings Of America, Esther Singleton, Alice Morse, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Architecture

xiv, 341 pages, 48 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Forty seven buildings are described, largely in Massachusetts, with some more in other New England and Mid-Atlantic States, one in California, two in South Carolina, and several in both Canada and Mexico. CONTENTS: The Capitol, Washington / Joseph B. Varnum -- Within the Capitol / Charles Dickens -- Arlington, Virginia / Iza Duffus Hardy -- Carpenter's Hall / Benson J. Lossing -- The Cradock House, Medford / Samuel Adams Drake -- Fraunces Tavern / William …

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Italian Villas And Their Gardens, Edith Wharton, Maxfield Parrish, Decorative Designers, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1904

Italian Villas And Their Gardens, Edith Wharton, Maxfield Parrish, Decorative Designers, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Architecture

xii, 270 pages : illustrations (some color). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Title within ornamental border. "Published November, 1904"--title page verso. "Architects and landscape-gardeners mentioned": pages 253-266. Includes index. Cover board, bound in dark green cloth, has an elaborate image of lions on a pediment stamped in gold. Below the lions is a multi-colored image of a garden and fountain scene. Below this image is a wide gold ornamental base in which the dark green cloth contrasts with the title, author, illustrator information. Cover design by cover design by Decorative …

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The Flower Beautiful, Calrence Moores Weed, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1903

The Flower Beautiful, Calrence Moores Weed, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Landscape Architecture

x, 136 pages : illus., leaves of plates (incl. front). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Embossed color illustration on cover. Lowthorpe Collection.

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The Cathedrals Of Northern France, Francis [Pseud.] Miltoun, Blanche Mcmanus, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1903

The Cathedrals Of Northern France, Francis [Pseud.] Miltoun, Blanche Mcmanus, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Architecture

400 p., [9 ] leaves of plates : ill., plans, fold. map. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Cathedral series. Illustrated end-papers. Includes index. Gift of the Estate of L. Earle Rowe.

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Old Time Gardens, Alice Morse Earle, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1901

Old Time Gardens, Alice Morse Earle, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Landscape Architecture

xviii, 489 pages : illus., leaves of plates. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Includes index. Stamped, color illustration on cover. c. 1 Lowthorpe Collection.

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Artistic Tiles, American Encaustic Tiling Co. Jan 1900

Artistic Tiles, American Encaustic Tiling Co.

Artistic Tiles from the American Encaustic Tiling Company

A manufacturer's catalog consisting of 89 unnumbered leaves of photographs and illustrations of embossed art tiles, some displayed as surrounding a mantle and some displayed on their own. Details for the tiles are given including size of tiles and assigned numbers, presumably corresponding to their manufacturing number. Included is a drawing of "a modern bathroom," as well as "profiles, of a few of our base, cap, cove, bead, and door trim tiles."

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Ceramic Mosaic Tile : Mounted On Paper, American Encaustic Tiling Co. Jan 1900

Ceramic Mosaic Tile : Mounted On Paper, American Encaustic Tiling Co.

Artistic Tiles from the American Encaustic Tiling Company

A manufacturer's catalog consisting of seventy-one color plates which depict available patterns, sizing, colors, lettering and numbers for myriad styles of floor tile design.

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How To Know The Ferns : A Guide To The Names, Haunts, And Habits Of Our Common Ferns, Frances Theodora Parsons (Mrs. William Starr Dana), Marion Satterlee, Alice Josephine Smith, Special Collections Jan 1899

How To Know The Ferns : A Guide To The Names, Haunts, And Habits Of Our Common Ferns, Frances Theodora Parsons (Mrs. William Starr Dana), Marion Satterlee, Alice Josephine Smith, Special Collections

Landscape Architecture

xiv, 215 p. : ill., front. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Includes indexes. Gift of the Estate of Eleanor M. Phillips

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Art Out-Of-Doors, Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselear), Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1893

Art Out-Of-Doors, Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselear), Special Collections, Fleet Library

Landscape Architecture

x, 399 pages. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-399). Lowthorpe Collection Bound in green cloth. Front cover board has an illustration of two stylized trees at crossed angles. A ring circles the cross point of the trees and an open pair of shears and an open compass intertwine the ring.

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How To Know The Wild Flowers : A Guide To The Names, Haunts, And Habits Of Our Common Wild Flowers, Mrs. William Starr Dana (Frances Theodora Parsons), Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1893

How To Know The Wild Flowers : A Guide To The Names, Haunts, And Habits Of Our Common Wild Flowers, Mrs. William Starr Dana (Frances Theodora Parsons), Special Collections, Fleet Library

Landscape Architecture

xxxix, 346 p., [48] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.). Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Second edition, with colored plates. 71st thousand. Illustrated by Marion Satterlee and Elsie Louise Shaw.

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Landscape Gardening, Samuel Parsons, Alice C. Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1891

Landscape Gardening, Samuel Parsons, Alice C. Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Landscape Architecture

xxii, 329 pages : illustrations. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections book cover exhibition Bound to Please, fall 2022. Includes index. Both copies Lowthorpe Collection. Bound in green cloth. Front cover board has a decorative floral motif stamped in gold within a rectangular box, to lower center of the board. Below the title and author are small floral motifs stamped in gold. Floral motifs are stamped in gold on the spine, and a vertical floral border is stamped in gold (a few inches in from the spine) on the front and back cover boards. Binding design by Alice C. …

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Illustrated Catalogue Of Art Tiles Made By J. G. & J. F. Low (1887), J.G. & J.F. Low (Firm) Jan 1887

Illustrated Catalogue Of Art Tiles Made By J. G. & J. F. Low (1887), J.G. & J.F. Low (Firm)

Low Art Tile Book Collection

Photographs and color illustrations of tiles. This 1887 catalogue is incomplete. Compared with a 1990 reproduction of an intact 1887 catalogue, VCU Libraries’ copy lacks the following: six of 51 plates of unglazed designs (1-4, 12, and 51), the front and back covers, a title page, a reference key, a price list, and at least three pages of advertisements. Of particular note, however, are four lithographed plates (7-10) labeled “Moorish Designs,” which are not present in other Low catalogues.

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Plastic Sketches Of J.G. And J.F. Low, J.G. & J.F. Low (Firm) Jan 1887

Plastic Sketches Of J.G. And J.F. Low, J.G. & J.F. Low (Firm)

Low Art Tile Book Collection

This is a special series of 47 unglazed tiles modeled by Arthur Osborne. It was published in 1882 as a small, inexpensive booklet and, later, in 1886 as a deluxe edition with a satin cover. The digitized version is of an incomplete deluxe edition of 27 of the plates. Arthur Osborne’s signature, the letter “A” inside a circle, is evident in the bottom right corner of each modeled tile.Photographs of reproduction tiles made after the original plastic sketches of Arthur Osborne. Includes: 1. Eureka -- 3. Monks going to Mass -- 7. An Elizabethan lady -- 8. A courtier of …

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Illustrated Catalogue Of Art Tiles Made By J. G. & J. F. Low (1884), J. G. And J.F. Low Jan 1884

Illustrated Catalogue Of Art Tiles Made By J. G. & J. F. Low (1884), J. G. And J.F. Low

Low Art Tile Book Collection

Text includes: Chronology of Low's Tiles; Reference Key; Price List of Low's Art Tiles; Plates I-XXX, and Trade advertisements (36 p.). This catalog includes two photographic plates of fireplaces and 28 plates of unglazed designs, a historical chronology, a reference key for the plates depicted, a price list of Low’s art tiles, and 36 pages of advertisements. The VCU Libraries’ copy also is inscribed, "Compliments of J.G. & J.F. Low." This digitized copy is a combination of two copies held by VCU Libraries in order to create the most complete copy possible. Pages 2, 3 and 39-75 are from the …

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