Interested in early American decorations?
No matter if you are a beginner, or a professional crafts person,
No matter if you like to look at, or you actually decorate things,
Like trays, chests, tables, chairs, screens, tinware, walls, early vehicles (?), or pianos (?)
Using country painting, freehand bronzing, stencilling, floating color, gold leaf, theorem painting, or reverse ornamentation,
These are the books for you!
American Antique Decoration, by Ellen S. Sabine (oversize HC, 1956, $1.75)
Furniture Decoration Made Easy: Restoring and Decorating Old and New Furniture, by Charles Hallett (oversize HC, 1952, $2.50)
Early American Decorating Patterns: 26 Designs for Trays, Chests, Tables, Chairs, Screens, Tinware, by Peg Hall (oversize HC, 1951, $3)
Early American Decoration, by Esther Stevens Brazer (oversize HC, 1950, $3.50, which is 1/3 the Internet price)
The Decorator Digest: Chapters in the History of Early American Decoration and Its European Background Selected from the "Decorator", edited by Natalie Allen Ramsy (HC, 1965, $2)
A Guide to Decoration in the Early American Manner, by Nadine Cox Wilson (HC, 1965, $1) SOLD
The Art of Tray Painting: Decorating Trays and Accessories, by Maria D. Murray (HC, 1954, autographed, $2.50)
Look for these books in either the antique or the home arts sections.
