Women's Painted Furniture, 1790-1830: American Schoolgirl Art »

BETSY KRIEG SALM is a scholar, artisan, and teacher of the long-lost art of women's painted furniture. She has exhibited her own work at more than sixty prestigious shows. She also lectures at museums and workshops, and teaches women's painted furniture ornamentation for the Historical Society of Early American Decoration, needle worker guilds, colleges, and art institutions.

Beautifully illustrated, comprehensive study of women's painted furniture, a long-lost art that sheds light on women's lives in the early republic

Foreword - Mimi Handler Preface: The Enchanting Box Acknowledgments 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 Art Instruction Books of the Federal Period The Rules of Litchfield Academy, 1825
A Chronicle of Sir Andreas B. Engstrom's Advertisements Offering Lessons, 1825-1827
Professional Treatment of Elizabeth Perkins' Table Recipe for Finishing a Young Lady Suppliers of Materials Used to Create Historical Replications of Women's Painted Furniture, 1790-1830
Historical Societies and Museums with Women's Painted Furniture in Their Collections Research Institutions Providing Archival Material on Women's Painted Furniture Further Reading Glossary Bibliography Index