The Winterthur Library

 The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

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Col. 209: Byrdcliffe (Art colony) records

 

Series V: MONOGRAPHS AND TRADE CATALOGS

 

Location: 41  A 3-6, B 1

 

 

B 1:     Albee, Helen Rickey. Abnákee Rugs: A Manual Describing the Abnákee Industry, the Methods Used, with Instructions for Dyeing. Cambridge, Mass.: Riverside Press, 1901.

 

B 2:     American Dyewood Company. Colors on Woolen Yarn.  n.d. (samples included)

 

B 3:     Ashby, Holden M. How to Analyze Clay: Practical Methods for Practical Men. 1897.

 

B 4:     Ashenhurst, Thos.  R. A Practical Treatise on Weaving and Designing of Textile Fabrics.  4th ed.  Huddersfield, [Eng.]: J. Broadbent and Co., 1887.

            Has Byrdcliffe bookplate.

 

B 5:     Badische Anilin-& Soda-Fabrik. Decroline Patented for Stripping Dyed Material. Germany: the company, n.d. (samples included)

 

B 6:     Badische Anilin-& Soda-Fabrik. Alizarine Colors on Loose Wool. n.d. (samples included)

 

B 7:     Badische Anilin-& Soda-Fabrik. Jadanthrenfarben auf Seide. n.d. (samples included)

 

B 8:     Badische Anilin-& Soda-Fabrik. Indanthrene, Alizarine Dyestuffs and Indigo on Cotton Yarn.   n.d. (samples included)

 

B 9:     Kuttroff, Pickhardt & Co.,.  Colors on Cotton.  n.d. (samples included) 

            (dyes imported from Badische Anilin-& Soda-Fabrik)

 

B 10:   Barber, Edwin Atlee. Lead Glazed Pottery, Part First (Common Clays): Plain Glazed,   Sgraffito and Slip-Decorated Wares.  Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, 1907. 

 

B 11:   Barber, Edwin Atlee. Salt Glazed Stoneware: Germany, Flanders, England, and the United States.  New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1907. 

            (Has Byrdcliffe bookplate)

 

B 12:   Barber, Edwin Atlee.  Tin Enameled Pottery: Majolica, Delft, and other Stanniferous Faience. New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1907.  (printed for the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art)

 

B 13:   Barker, Aldred F. An Introduction to the Study of Textile Design. London: Methuen & Co., 1903.

            (has Byrdcliffe bookplate, as well as “White Pines” and “R. Radcliffe-Whitehead” written inside)

 

B 14:   Barlow, Alfred. The History and Principles of Weaving by Hand and by Power. 3d ed.  London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1884.

            (has Byrdcliffe bookplate)

 

B 15:   Friedrich Bayer & Co. Färbungen auf Trameseide: Shades on Japanese Tram-silk, weighted 40% .  Elberfied: The Company, n.d.  (samples included)

 

B 16:   Friedrich Bayer & Co. The Katigen Colours of the Farbenfabriken. Elberfied: The Company, 1902. (samples included)

 

B 17:   Beaumont, Roberts. Woollen and Worsted Cloth Manufacture: Being a Practical Treatise….  London: George Bell and Sons, 1888.

            (has Byrdcliffe bookplate and signature of R. R. Whitehead)

 

B 18:   Fifth Avenue Auction Rooms.  A Remarkable Collection of Ancient Works of Art… collected by G. Beilouny.  New York: The Company, 1919.

 

B 19:   Bellevue Furnace Co. Perfection Kilns for Firing China, Glass and Pottery. n.d.  (ca.1910?)

 

B 20:   Binns, Charles Fergus, ed. Ceramic Technology: Being Some Aspects of Technical Science as Applied to Pottery Manufacture.  London: The Pottery Gazette, 1897.

            (has bookplate for Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead)

 

B 21:   Bird, F. J. The American Practical Dyer's Companion….  Philadelphia: Henry Carey Bairde & Co., 1882.  (samples included)

            (has Byrdcliffe bookplate)

 

B 22:   Bucher, Bruno. Geschichte der Technischen Künste.  Stuttgart: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1893.

            Pages 449-496 in one volume, pages 497-560 in another.

 

B 23:   Byrdcliffe Afternoons: A Series of Lectures Given at Byrdcliffe, Woodstock, New York, July 1938.  Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 1939. 

(see also Series VI, Box 6)

 

B 24:   Campana, D.M. The Teacher of China Painting. 3d ed., corrected and enlarged.  Chicago: D.M. Campana, 191-.

 

B 25:   Cantagalli, Giuseppe. Album Della Robbia: Riproduzioni di Opera dei Della Robbia. n.d., but an earlier edition than in B-26 below.

 

B 26:   Cantagalli, Giuseppe. Album Della Robbia: Riproduzioni di Opera dei Della Robbia. n.d., but a later edition than in B-25 above (this one has more designs in it).

 

B 27:   Cassella Color Company. The Dyeing of Feathers. n.d. (samples included)

 

B 28:   Chevreul, M.E. The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours and their Applications to the Arts. 3d ed.  London: George Bell and Sons, 1903.

 

B 29:   Church, A. H. English Earthenware Made During the 17th and 18th Centuries. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1911.

 

B 30:   Colorado Crucible & Clay Co. "Keramic" Pottery Kilns. n.d.  (ca.1910?)

 

B 31:   Copeland Loom Co.  How to use the Copeland Hand Weaver plus three copies of a brochure about The Copeland Loom. n.d.  (ca.1905?) (one copy of the brochure includes notes)

 

B 32:   Crawford Brothers, Ltd. Pure Flax Embroidery Threads.  n.d. (samples included)

 

B 33:   Deen Loom Co. The Pressed Steel Advance Flying-Shuttle Loom. n.d.

 

B 34:   Denver Fire Clay Co. The DFC Method of Burning Oil. 1919?  (same as B 35)

 

B 35:   Denver Fire Clay Co. The DFC Method of Burning Oil. 1919?  (same as B 34)

 

B 36:   Denver Fire Clay Co. Keramic Pottery Kilns. ca.1917.   (same as B 37)

 

B 37:   Denver Fire Clay Co. Keramic Pottery Kilns. ca.1917.  (same as B 36)

 

B 38:   Denver Fire Clay Co. Melting Furnaces. n.d.

 

B 39:   Denver Fire Clay Co. Vitreosil Laboratory Utensils. n.d.

 

B 40:   Devoe & Raynolds Co. Catalogue of Artists’ Materials and Architects'  Supplies. 19th ed..  n.d.

 

B 41:   Dilley, Arthur Urbane. Oriental Rugs. Boston: A.U. Dilley & Co., 1909.

 

B 42:   Farrell, Frank J. Dyeing and Cleaning: A Practical Handbook. 2d ed.  London: Charles Griffin & Co., 1910.

            (has signature of Ralph R. Whitehead)

 

B 43:   Feldspar in the Potters’ Field. Wheeling: Chas. M. Franzheim Co., 1921.

 

B 44:   Frederick, Frank Forrest. Plaster Casts and How They Are Made.  3d ed.  New York: William T. Comstock Co., 1911.

 

B 45:   Galsworthy, Ada and John.  Seventeen Songs.  London: Schott & Co.; New York: G. Schirmer, 1913.

 

B 46:   Halvorsen, Caroline. Haandbog i Vaevning.  Kristiania: J.W. Cappelens Forlag, 1904.

 

B 47:   Haserick, E. C. The Secrets of the Art of Dyeing Wool, Cotton, and Linen….  Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Co., 1869. (samples included) 

            (has Byrdcliffe bookplate)

 

B 48:   Osgood, Adelaide Harriet.  How to Apply Royal Worchester, Matt, Bronze, LaCroix and Dresden Colors to China…  19th ed.  New York: A.H. Osgood, 1905.  

(purchased from B.F. Drakenfeld & Co.)

 

B 49:   Hummel, J. J. Colouring Matters for Dyeing Textiles.  New and revised ed., edited by Paul N. Hasluck.  London: Cassell and Co., 1906.

 

B 50:   Hurst, George H. Painters' Colours, Oils, and Varnishes: A Practical Manual.  3d ed., revised and enlarged.  London: Charles Griffin & Co., 1901.

            (has Byrdcliffe bookplate)

 

B 51:   Nimsgern, E. G.  Illustrated and Descriptive Account of the Main Dams and Dikes of the Ashokan Reservoir.  Brown Station, N.Y.:  E.G. Nimsgern, [1909].

 

B 52:   Jervis, William Percival. A Pottery Primer.  New York: O’Gorman Publishing Co., 1911.

            (signature of R. Radcliffe Whitehead on front cover)

 

B 53:   Lamont, Corliss & Co. Rainbow Dyes Color Card.  n.d.  (samples included)

 

B 54:   American Art Association.  Illustrated Catalog of ... Collection of Hook Rugs…. formed… by   C.E. Lawrence. New York: American Art Association, 1921. (auction catalog)

 

B 55:   Leeds & Northrup Company. The Potentiometer System of Pyrometry and Temperature Control.   Philadelphia: The Company, 1918.

 

B 56:   Le Gallienne, Richard.  Woodstock: An Essay, with Reproductions of the Work of Woodstock Artists.  Woodstock, N.Y.: Woodstock Art Association, 1923.  (number 10 of an edition of 100 copies which have been bound in boards and signed by the author and artists)

 

B 57:   Lovell, Richard Goulburn. Courage in Colour Applied to Personal Attire and Home Surroundings.  London: Charles Griffin, [1922].

 

B 58:   W.A. Maurer.  White China, Colors, Gold and Art Material.  Catalogue for 1925-26.

 

B 59:   Mine & Smelter Supply Co. The Lindsay Oil Furnaces and Burners.  n.d. (1 page)

            [not cataloged in WinterCat]

 

B 60:   Mortimer, F.J. and Coulthurst, S.L.  The Oil and Bromoil Processes.  London: Hazell, Watson, & Viney, 1909.  (“The Amateur Photographer” Library, no. 31.)

 

B 61:   Müller, F. Max. God Save the Queen, Translated into Sanskrit. Oxford: Horace Hart, n.d. (1 sheet)

 

B 62:   C.N. Newcomb.  Instructions for Setting up and Operating the Newcomb Improved No. 3, Rag Carpet Loom.  Davenport, Iowa, n.d.

 

B 63:   Newcomb Loom Co. Instructions for Setting Up and Operating the Weaver's Delight 4-Harness Rag Carpet and Cloth Loom. Davenport, Iowa: The Company, n.d.  (also includes  “Price List of Supplies”)

 

B 64:   New York and Boston Dyewood Company. Substantive Colors on Cotton Yarn. n.d. (samples included)

 

B 65:   The Overlook.  Woodstock, N.Y.: no publisher, ca. 1935. 

(a printed album of photographs from Woodstock and Lake Hill, New York)

 

B 66:   Pier, Garrett Chatfield. Pottery of the Near East.  New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1909.

            (has signature of Ralph R. Whitehead)

 

B 67:   Rawson, Christopher; Gardner, Walter M.; and. Laycock, W. F.  A Dictionary of Dyes, Mordants, and Other Compounds Used in Dyeing and Calico Printing.  London: Charles Griffin & Co., 1901.

            (has Byrdcliffe bookpate)

 

B 68:   Bosch Reitz, S.C.  Catalogue of an Exhibition of Early Chinese Pottery and Sculpture. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916.

 

B 69:   L. Reusche & Co.  Illustrated Catalogue and Price List. [circa 1915]  (mostly colors and chemicals for pottery)

 

B 70:   Rhead, Frederick H. Studio Pottery.   University City, [Mo.]: Peoples University Press, 1910.

 

B 71:   Richardson, W.D. The Compartment Kiln For Pottery.  Columbus, Ohio: s.n., n.d.

 

B 72:   Ross, Denman Waldo.  “A Theory of Tone-Relations: Color, Intensities, Neutrality, Values” [a chart].  Revised statement.  s.l.: s.n., 1902.  

OVERSIZED – FLAT ON SHELF

 

B 73:   (these are in a box)

a.  Ruskin, John. Ariadne Florentina: Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving.  Keston (then Orpington), Kent:  George Allen, 1873-1875.  (Each lecture is in a separate folder.)

           

b.  Ruskin, John. Catalogue of a Series of Specimens in the British Museum (Natural History) Illustrative of the More Common Forms of Native Silica.  Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1884

           

c.  Ruskin, John. Catalogue of the Drawings and Sketches of J.M.W. Turner at Present Exhibited in the National Gallery.   Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1881.

           

d.  Ruskin, John. Coeli Enarrant: Studies of Cloud Form and of its Visible Cause, Collected and Completed out of “Modern Painters.”  Part 1.  Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1885.

 

B 74:   (these are in a box)

Ruskin, John. Deucalion: Collected Studies of the Lapse of Waves, and Life of Stones.  Parts 1-8.  Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1875-1883.  (each part is in its own folder)

 

B 75:   (these are in a box)

a.  Ruskin, John. General Statement Explaining the Nature and Purpose of St. George's Guild. Orpington, Kent:  George Allen, 1882.

           

b.  Ruskin, John. Inaugural Address Delivered at the Cambridge School of Art, October 29th, 1858.  New edition.  Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1879.

           

c.  Ruskin, John. In Montibus Sanctis: Studies of Mountain Form and of its Visible Causes, Collected and Completed out of “Modern Painters.”  Part 1.  Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1884.

           

d.  Ruskin, John. Love’s Meinie: Lectures on Greek and English Birds….  Lecture 1: “The Robin.”  Lecture 2: “The Swallow.”   Keston, Kent: George Allen, 1873.   Lecture 3: “The Dabchicks.”  Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1881. 

           

e.  Ruskin, John. Notes on the Construction of Sheepfolds.  2d ed.  Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1875.

 

B 76:   (these are in a box)

a.  Ruskin, John. "Our Fathers Have Told Us:" Sketches of the History of Christendom for Boys and Girls.  Part 1, chapters 1-4, and appendix.  (5 folders)  Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1880-1885.

           

b.  Ruskin, John The Pleasures of England: Lectures given in Oxford. Lectures 1-4. (in 4 folders)  Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1884-1885.

 

B 77:   (these are in a box)

Ruskin, John. Praeterita: Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts Perhaps Worthy of Memory in my Past Life.  Vol. 1, chapters 1-12; and Vol. 2, chapters 1-2-3, 5.  Orpington, Kent: George Allen: 1885-1886.  (each chapter in its own folder)

 

B 78:   (these are in a box)

a.  Ruskin, John. Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers….  Parts 1-9. Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1878-1885.

 

b. Ruskin, John. The Relation Between Michael Angelo and Tintoret.  London: Printed for the author by Smith, Elder and Co., 1872.

(signature of R. Whitehead on front cover)

 

c.  Ruskin, John. Salsette and Elephanta: A Prize Poem Recited … June 12th, 1839.  Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1879.

           

d.  Ruskin, John. Works by Mr. Ruskin Published by and to be had of George Allen….  January 1885.  (advertising circular)

 

B 79:   Slater, J.W.  The Manual of Colours and Dye Wares: Their Properties, Applications, Valuation, Impurities, and Sophistications….  2d ed., revised and enlarged.  London: Crosby, Lockwood & Co., 1882.

            (has Byrdcliffe bookplate)

 

B 80:   Smith, J. Jay and John F. Watson.  American Historical and Literary Curiosities….  Philadelphia: National Publishing Co., 1847.

            (has Byrdcliffe bookplate; “Villeta” is crossed out)

 

B 81:   Staley, Homer F.  Materials and Methods Used in the Manufacture of Enameled Cast-Iron Wares.  U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Technologic Papers of the Bureau of Standards, no. 142.  Washington: Government Printing Office, 1919.

 

B 82:   Taylor Instrument Companies. Tycos Radiation Pyrometers.  Rochester, NY: The Company, 1918.  (also includes some correspondence)

 

B 83:   Taylor Instrument Companies. Tycos Rare Metal Thermoelectric Pyrometers.  Rochester, NY: The Company, 1918.

 

B 84:   Transactions of the American Ceramic Society, v. 19,  edited by Arthur S. Watts. 1917.

 

B 85:   Weaver's Shop. The Homecraft Loom: Its Weavings-Its Advantages in the Home and Elsewhere.  New York: The Shop, n.d.

 

B 86:   F. Weber & Co. Illustrated Price List of Artists’ Materials and Draughtsmen’s Supplies.  (cover title: Catalogue of Artists Materials, Drawing Materials. Philadelphia: The Company, 1916.

 

B 87:   F. Weber & Co. Illustrated Price List of Artists’ Materials and Draughtsmen’s Supplies.  (cover title: Catalogue of Artists Materials, Drawing Materials.)   Philadelphia: The Company, [after 1904].

 

B 88:   Whitehead, Jane Byrd Radcliffe-, ed. Folk-songs and Other Songs for Children.  Philadelphia: Oliver Ditson Co., 1903.  (same as B-89)

 

B 89:   Whitehead, Jane Byrd Radcliffe-, ed. Folk-songs and Other Songs for Children.  Philadelphia: Oliver Ditson Co., 1903. 

(same as B-88; this copy belonged to Gertrude McCall.)

 

B 90:   Whitehead, Jane Byrd Radcliffe-, ed. Folksongs and Other Songs for Unison Singing.  Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1927.

 

B 91:   Whitehead, Ralph Radcliffe, ed.  Folk-songs of Eastern Europe. Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1912.  (same as B-92)

 

B 92:   Whitehead, Ralph Radcliffe, ed.  Folk-songs of Eastern Europe. Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1912.  (same as B-91)

 

B 92a: Whitehead, Ralph Radcliffe, ed.  Folk-songs of Eastern Europe. Boston: Oliver Ditson Co., 1912.  (same as B-91 and B-92) (acc. 06x55)

 

B 93:   Whitehead, Ralph Radcliffe. Arrows of the Dawn.  No. 3: Pictures for Schools.  Montecito, [Calif.]: s.n., 1901.  (another copy is in B-94)

 

B 94:   (these are in a box)

a.  Whitehead, Ralph Radcliffe. Arrows of the Dawn.  No. 1:  The Unemployed.  Montecito, [Calif.]: s.n., 1895  (2 copies, one in pamphlet binder, the other in a folder)

 

b.  Whitehead, Ralph Radcliffe. Arrows of the Dawn.  No. 2:  The Power of Hellas.  By Prospiece.  Montecito, [Calif.]: s.n., 1896.

           

c.  Whitehead, Ralph Radcliffe. Arrows of the Dawn.  No. 3: Pictures for Schools.  Montecito, [Calif.]: s.n., 1901.  (another copy is in B-93)

           

d.  Whitehead, Ralph Radcliffe. The Beginnings of the Renaissance.  London: Women’s Printing Society, 1894.

           

e. and f.   Dante Alighieri.  The Vita Nuova of Dante.  Introduction and notes are Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead.  London: Chiswick Press, 1892.  (2 copies)    

With vellum spine and pink linen covers.  Stamped in gilt on the front cover is the emblem of a wing holding an arrow. 

 

B 95:   Whitehead, Jane Byrd McCall.  Birds of God: Angels and Sundry Imaginative Figures from the Pictures of the Masters of the Renaissance.  Selected for children by J.B. Radcliffe-Whitehead, with an introduction by R. Radcliffe-Whitehead.  New York: R.H. Russell, publisher, 1902.

            A portfolio including 18 plates which were intended to be framed and hung in classrooms.  The front cover of the portfolio is decorated with the Whitehead’s logo of a fleur-de-lis, a wing, and an arrow. 

 

B 96    Fuller-Maitland, J. A.  The Musician’s Pilgrimage.  London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1899. 

(with Byrdcliffe bookplate)  (acc. 07x88.2)

 

B 97    Whitehead, Ralph Radcliffe.  Grass of the Desert.  London: Chiswick Press, 1892. 

With vellum spine and linen cover (which is starting to separate from the boards).

“Bound by Ramage(?) London” stamped inside front cover.  Stamped in gilt on the front cover is an emblem which includes a wing holding an arrow.  (acc. 07x88.1)

 

B98     Noticias: Quarterly Magazine of the Santa Barbara Historical Society.  Vol. 38, no. 4 (winter 1992).  Includes an article which mentions the Whiteheads and their manual training school.  (acc. 07x88.3)

 

 

 

Additional books and periodicals in Col. 209 are found as follows:

 

Pictures & Poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti is in Series II, Box 30.

 

Design books are in Series III.

 

Periodicals are in Series IV. 

 

Some scattered issues of newspapers are found in Series XI.