• Foreward by Mimi Handler ix

Acknowledgements xiii

Introduction xv

Chapter 1 English Influence on Colonial Painted Decoration 1

Chapter 2 Wall Stenciling in Federal America 10

Part I: The Folk Group of American Wall Stenciling 13

Chpater 3 The Southern New England States of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut 16

Chapter 4 The Northern New England States of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont 54

Chapter 5 The State of New York and Neighboring Canada 73

Chapter 6 The Middle States of Pennsylvania and Maryland 98

Chapter 7 The Southern States of Virginia and South Carolina 119

Chapter 8 The Frontier States of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana 129

Part II: The Classical Group of American Wall Stenciling 155

Chpater 9 The Southern New England States of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut 159

Chapter 10 The Northern New England States of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont 187

Chapter 11 The State of New York and the Niagara Peninsula 224

Chapter 12 The States Below the Mason-Dixon Line 233

Appendix A Early Paint Materials 243

Appendix B Who's Who of American Wall Stenciling 245

Appendix C Resources 247

Glossary 249

Notes 251

Bibliography 259

Index 263