Furniture, cornice boards, painted tin trunks, coffee pots, trays, bellows, glass panels in clocks and gilded looking glasses, as well as painted and stenciled walls and floors.

Members paint and work in many techniques individually, or in classes and workshops. They are taught by certified teachers in stenciling, Pontypool painting, gold leafing, Victorian flower painting, reverse glass painting, clock dials, Country painting, free hand bronzing and theorem painting.  The society has a program of awards for outstanding crafts-persons and teachers in the various fields - click here for details. 

The society continues to do extensive research to perpetuate the old patterns and techniques. Articles of lasting interest are constantly being written by our members, not only for THE DECORATOR, the official publication of the Society, but for other similar publications.

Books published by the Society include: American Painted Tinware, Decorative Arts: 18th and 19th Century, Theoremetical System of Painting, The Art of Theorem Painting, and Instruction Packets for Country Painting.  Please visit our HSEAD Store. 

The late Esther Stevens Brazer is the accepted authority on Early American Decoration.  For more about Brazer, please see our reprint of the first issue of the Decorator. 

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The Historical Society of Early American Decoration

MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES

ASSOCIATE (those interested in supporting research and writing on the Art of EAD)

Explanation of Categories  

HSEAD MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM

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Thank you for your interest in HSEAD.

You can request an illustrated color brochure of this information, or additional details, by e-mail.

To get a list of teachers in your area, click here.

The pictures on this page are from the covers of issues of our publication, The Decorator.

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