• Foreward by Mimi Handler ix
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• Acknowledgements xiii
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• Introduction xv
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• Chapter 1 English Influence on Colonial Painted Decoration 1
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• Chapter 2 Wall Stenciling in Federal America 10
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• Part I: The Folk Group of American Wall Stenciling 13
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• Chpater 3 The Southern New England States of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut 16
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• Chapter 4 The Northern New England States of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont 54
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• Chapter 5 The State of New York and Neighboring Canada 73
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• Chapter 6 The Middle States of Pennsylvania and Maryland 98
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• Chapter 7 The Southern States of Virginia and South Carolina 119
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• Chapter 8 The Frontier States of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana 129
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• Part II: The Classical Group of American Wall Stenciling 155
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• Chpater 9 The Southern New England States of Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut 159
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• Chapter 10 The Northern New England States of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont 187
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• Chapter 11 The State of New York and the Niagara Peninsula 224
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• Chapter 12 The States Below the Mason-Dixon Line 233
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• Appendix A Early Paint Materials 243
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• Appendix B Who's Who of American Wall Stenciling 245
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• Appendix C Resources 247
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• Glossary 249
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• Notes 251
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• Bibliography 259
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• Index 263