Title:
Women's painted furniture, 1790-1830 : American schoolgirl art / Betsy Krieg Salm.
Author:
Salm, Betsy Krieg.
Publication Information:
Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, ©2010.
Call Number:
NK2406 .S35 2010
Abstract:
"In this long-awaited tribute to women's painted furniture, author and artist Betsy Krieg Salm rediscovers a style of early American decorative art still largely unknown to curators, antique dealers, art historians, and the public. She documents the socioeconomic, cultural, and aesthetic history of the form, which includes such items as sewing and work boxes, face screens, and tables. Salm carefully chronicles the process itself, describing a selection of cabinetmakers, woods, varnishes, and paints, along with the specific tools and techniques used by women artists." "Salm analyzes the styles, designs, and patterns of more than two hundred pieces. Treating these objects as documents of women's daily lives, she shows the close relationship between painted furniture motifs and those of needlework and other decorative arts of the period. Thanks to her scholarship, this art form may now receive the recognition it deserves in the broader genre of American women's art." "Women's Painted Furniture presents a comprehensive collection of images, most of which are not available elsewhere. Primary sources include recipes, patterns, genealogies of artisans, chemical analyses of antiques, instructions in methods and technique, and the original, mainly English, sources of artistic inspiration for painters and needle workers." --Book Jacket.
ISBN:
9781584658450
Physical Description:
xvii, 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Contents:
Foreword / Mimi Handler -- Preface: the enchanting box -- An introduction to women's painted furniture, 1790-1830 -- The process of creating women's painted furniture -- Motifs in women's painted furniture -- Women's education -- American schoolgirl art pupils and their painted pieces -- Conclusion: "Ancients" and "Moderns" -- Appendixes. Appendix A. Art instruction books of the Federal period ; Appendix B. The rules of Litchfield Academy, 1825 ; Appendix C.A chronicle of Sir Andreas B. Engstrom's advertisements offering lessons, 1825-1827 ; Appendix D. Professional treatment of Elizabeth Perkins' table ; Appendix E. Recipe for finishing a young lady ; Appendix F. Suppliers of materials used to create historical replications of women's painted furniture, 1790-1830 ; Appendix G. Historical societies and museums with women's painted furniture in their collections ; Appendix H. Research institutions providing archival material on women's painted furniture ; Appendix I. Further reading -- Glossary.
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