Grand Illusions - Laura A.W. Phillips - Bog

Brings to readers the author's findings after decades of study of decorative interior painting. The chief focus is on the walls of North Carolina residences in the nineteenth century with nods to examples in non-residential and out of state structures. Types studied include wood-grained painting; marbled, stone-blocked and smoked painting; stenciled painting; and trompe-l'oeil and scenic paintings.