Publications
The following is a list of some books and articles written by Gail Caskey Winkler and Roger W. Moss. LCA Associates does not fulfill book orders, but in print, out of print and used copies of the following books are usually available for on–line purchase from Amazon.com or AbeBooks.com (search under Gail C. Winker or Roger W. Moss). Links to specific books are provided below for your convenience.
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Athenaeum Profiles: A Not-for-Profit Education by Roger W. Moss (New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2014). Hardback, 176 pages. Prepared for the bicentennial celebration of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, a special collections library founded in 1814 and housed in a National Historic Landmark building near Independence Hall. Athenaeum Profiles consists of biographical essays devoted to individuals who influenced the Athenaeum during Roger Moss's forty years as executive director. During his tenure he acquired nationally significant collections, attracted substantial funding, embraced modern technology, and created a research website visited by thousands of researchers from around the globe. How the Athenaeum was pulled back from the brink of collapse provides practical lessons for any curator or director facing a similar situation. Profiled here are George B. Tatum, Robert C. Smith, Charles E. Peterson, Robert
L. McNeil, Jr., Henry J. Magaziner, Walter Muir Whitehill, George Vaux, Nathaniel Burt, Robert B. Ennis, Clay Lancaster, Samuel J. Dornsife, and Ian Grant. Also discussed are Walter W. Wright and Roy P. Fairfield. Dozens of other interesting characters make cameo appearances.
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Capricious Fancy: Draping and Curtaining the Historic Interior, 1800-1930 by Gail Caskey Winkler (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013). 293 pp., 325 images, most in color. Praise for Capricious Fancy "This book amply illustrating window curtains, bed hangings and other interior furnishings in colour combined with informative text, provides a vital link to our past and encourages a greater understanding of the plethora of competing and inventive styles enjoyed between 1800 and 1930. It will prove invaluable to heritage professionals, interior designers, museum and house curators, theatre and set designers and anyone with a keen interest in furnishing the historic interior or looking for ideas to introduce more variety in a contemporary scheme." Annabel Westman, Furniture History Society Newsletter (UK) "Rarely seen designs." Apollo "Beautifully presented, expertly researched." Decorative Arts Society Newsletter "Succinct and clearly written history of the subject. A good glossary, fully annotated and indexed." Maine Antiques Digest "An important reference volume for anyone interested in period décor." Choice Current Reviews for Academic Libraries Recipient of a 2013 award of excellence from The Victorian Society in America.
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Victorian Interior Decoration
The essential guide to authentic nineteenth–century interior decoration, including 225 illustrations of original documents. Victorian Homes magazine declared this “a must–have book for anyone interested in Victorian decoration.” The Washington Post called Victorian Interior Decoration a “fascinating, authoritative book loaded with illustrations from decorative source books of the period…. A beautiful book.” Clem Labine, publisher of the Old House Journal, wrote: “Gail Winker and Roger Moss have provided an incredibly valuable tool: words and illustrations that show what Victorian Era interiors were really like.”
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Victorian Exterior Decoration How to paint your historic building authentically, illustrated with historic documents and modern color photographs. Includes color combination charts and references to modern paint equivalents by several manufacturers. Popular Mechanics magazine remarked, “thanks to Moss and Winkler’s research, the hitherto daunting job of selecting colors for your grand old dame is now a very pleasant one.” According to Victorian Homes magazine, “this handsome book is undoubtedly a major event in the world of Victorian decoration…. It is difficult to imagine anyone from now on taking on the enormous task of repainting a house without this book in hand to guide them. The authors do not stop with color guidance but go on to advise about the use of awnings, hardware and doors and other often–overlooked parts of the exterior of a house.” (NB: the revised paperback edition is more useful than the older hardback.)
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Lighting for Historic Buildings A history of lighting in America and a guide to authentic reproductions for use in historic buildings today. Originally commissioned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The history essays (candles, Argand–burner oil lamps, lard–oil Solar lamps, kerosene lamps, early electric fixtures, etc) are particularly informative. Lighting for Historic Buildings received the Joel Polsky Prize for outstanding academic contributions to the history of design from the Foundation for Interior Design Education and Research, 1989.
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Floor Coverings for Historic Buildings The National Trust for Historic Preservation guide to reproduction floor coverings in the marketplace today. Winkler’s essays on the history of floor coverings used in American buildings are particularly valuable. Floor Coverings for Historic Buildings won an Award for Excellence in the 1989 Southern Books Competition sponsored by the Southeastern Library Association. It also received the Joel Polsky Prize for outstanding academic contribution to the history of design from the Foundation for Interior Design Education and Research, 1989.
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Paint in America: the Colors of Historic Buildings Papers given at the Historic New England [SPNEA]–sponsored symposium on the use of paint in America from the 17th to the early 20th centuries. Features reevaluation of the famous Williamsburg colors and an essay by Moss on the ready–mixed paint revolution of the post Civil War era. Buy this book from Amazon.com |
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Century of Color: Exterior Decoration for
American Buildings, 1820–1920 This is the little book that began a revolution in authentic 19th–century exterior painting; it is called by librarians, “one of the most stolen books in America!” Long out of print. If you purchase a used copy, be sure the Sherwin–Williams color sample insert for the original Heritage Colors line is included; many booksellers neglect to mention that it is missing in the copy they have. Buy this book from Amazon.com |
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The Well-Appointed Bath [historic essay and two catalogue
reprints] In addition to the catalogue reprints, this paperback includes a useful essay on the history of domestic plumbing in America.
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An Analysis of Drapery (1819) and The Upholsterers’ Accelerator
(1833)
edited with introduction by Gail Caskey Winkler (New
York: Acanthus Press, 1993).
Reprints of two early drapery and curtain cutting guides from the collections of Winterthur Museum Library.
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Articles by Gail Caskey Winkler that you may find useful:
“The ‘Other’ Blinds: Window Screens, Roller Blinds, Bug Bars and Awnings,” in Charles E. Fisher III, et al (ed), Window Rehabilitation Guide for Historic Buildings (Washington: Historic Preservation Education Foundation, 1997).
“Capricious Fancy: Curtains and Drapery, 1790–1930,” Antiques Magazine 145 (January, 1994), 154–165.
“A History of Floor Coverings in America: Carpeting, Matting, Floor cloths and Linoleum,” in Charles E. Fisher, III (ed.) The Interiors Handbook for Historic Buildings I (Washington: Historic Preservation Education Foundation, 1988).
“Recreating a Carpet: From Document to Installation,” in Michael J. Auer, et al (ed.) The Interiors Handbook for Historic Buildings II (Washington: Historic Preservation Education Foundation, 1993).
Some other books by Roger W. Moss:
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Richard Shirley Smith Illustrated Books, Engravings and Bookplates. Libanus Press, 2010. Printed in Great Britain. Illustrations, 24 x 16 cm, 64 pp., hardback binding with dust jacket. Edition limited to 100 numbered and signed copies, only fifty of which are for sale (twenty-five in the United States and Canada and twenty-five in England). This comprehensive annotated checklist of the wood engravings, bookplates, and illustrated books by the versatile English artist Richard Shirley Smith (born 1935), whose work is collected by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, is available through Amazon from Oak Knoll Books. Buy this book from Amazon.com |
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Historic Landmarks of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. Essays on fifty landmarks in Philadelphia from Independence Hall to the PSFS building; illustrated with 150 color photographs by Tom Crane and 100 historic prints.
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Historic Sacred Places of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005. Essays on fifty historic churches, meeting houses, and synagogues in Philadelphia from 17th–century Old Swedes to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Beth Shalom Synagogue; illustrated with 150 color photographs by Tom Crane and many historic images. Buy this book from Amazon.com |
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Historic Houses of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998. Essays on fifty historic houses open to the public in the Philadelphia region; illustrated with 160 newly commissioned color photographs by Tom Crane. Buy this book from Amazon.com |
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Philadelphia Victorian: The Building of the Athenæum. Philadelphia: Athenæum, 1998. History of the National Historic Landmark building (John Notman, 1845), probably the first Victorian brownstone Italianate palazzo in America. Boxed limited edition. Buy this book from Amazon.com: Hardcover
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The American Country House. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1990. A large format, four–color survey of American country houses from colonial plantations along the James River in Virginia to William Randolph Hearst’s San Simeon overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Buy this book from Amazon.com |
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The Perennial Philadelphians: The Anatomy of an American Aristocracy. Buy this book from Amazon.com |
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Clay Lancaster's Kentucky: Architectural Photographs of a Preservation Pioneer. Buy this book from Amazon.com |
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Philadelphia: Photographs. Buy this book from Amazon.com |
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Victorian Sketchbook.. Buy this book from Amazon.com |