American Decorative Wall Painting, 1700-1850 (New Enlarged Edition)

xx, 169 pp. Illustrated with 171 examples. Includes: Part I - Painted Woodwork: House Painting; Woodwork with Pictorial Decoration; Overmantel Landscapes from Massachusetts and Northern New England; Overmantel Landscapes from Southern New England and Other States; Chimney Boards; Part II - Painted Plaster Walls: Plaster Painting; Free-hand Designs in Repeat Patterns; Stenciled Walls Throughout New England; Figure and Subject Pieces; Scenic Panoramas; More Examples of Varied Kind; Appendices: Biographical Lists of Panel, Chimneyboard, Painters; Checklist of Pictorial Panels; Checklist of Additional Pictorial Panels; Selective Bibliography; Index; Index to Chapter XI.