Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Foreword Preface Map of houses with painted walls 1. Types of Early Wall Painting in America 2. Brush-Stroke Wall Painting: The Scroll and Border Painters 3. What Kind of Craftsmen Painted Walls? 4. Brush-Stroke Painting on Tinware, Country Furniture, Stoneware and Vehicles 5. Brush-Stroke Painting and Wallpaper Houses with Painted Walls Abbott-Brewster House, An Example of a Mural-Painted Wall J. Hopkins House, An Example of a Stenciled Wall Chart of Houses with Brush-Stroke-Painted Walls Van Wormer House Van Ness House Van Alstyne House Van Alen House Schermerhorn-Pruyn House Kittle House Hudson House Douglas-Gardner House Turner House Dillenbeck House Beach Tavern French House Stratton Tavern Alexander House Arms House "Landlord" Williams House "Landlord Abel" Chapin House Wilcox House Horton-Farrington House Waldo House Galusha House Bame House Appendix: How-To-Do-It Mural Painting Stenciling Brush-Stroke Painting