The painted screens of Baltimore : an urban folk art revealed / Elaine Eff ; design by Kristen Spilman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eff, Elaine, 1946- author.

Contributor:

Spilman, Kristen, designer.

Series:

Folklore studies in a multicultural world.

Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painted wire screens--Maryland--Baltimore.

Painted wire screens.

Folk art--Maryland--Baltimore.

Folk art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson, [Mississippi] : University Press of Mississippi, 2013.

Summary:

Painted screens have long been synonymous in the popular imagination with the Baltimore rowhouse. Picturesque, practical, and quirky, window and door screens adorned with scenic views simultaneously offer privacy and ventilation in crowded neighborhoods. As an urban folk art, painted screens flourished in Baltimore, though they did not originate there--precursors date to early eighteenth-century London. They were a fixture on fine homes and businesses in Europe and America throughout the Victorian era. But as the handmade screen yielded to industrial production, the whimsical artifact of the

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; FOREWORD: Painted Screens: The Hole-y Art of Baltimore; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; MAP OF EAST BALTIMORE; THE THREADS; 1 A BALTIMORE TRADITION; 2 WIRE INTO SCREEN; Galvanization; 3 THE CANVAS: A CITY OF ROWHOUSES; Formstone: Never Needs Painting; How to Clean Marble Steps; Most Attractive Painted Window Screen in East Baltimore Contest; 4 ORIGINS OF PAINTED SCREENS; Masks to Conceal; THE SCREEN PAINTERS; 5 OKTAVEC'S DYNASTY; RB: The Red Bungalow; 6 GROUP PORTRAIT; 100,000 Screens?; All Screens Look Alike-or Do They?; The Painted Screen Society of Baltimore

7 THE OLD SCHOOLMiss Ruth's "Main Fundamentals of Screen Painting"; Ben Richardson's "How to Paint Window Screens"; Frank Cipolloni's "Techniques on Window and Door Screen Painting" Secrets Revealed; 8 THE THIRD GENERATION; Tom Lipka's "Screen Painting Instruction Manual"; NEW DIRECTIONS; 9 THE NEW BREED; 10 POST-MILLENNIAL EAST BALTIMORE; Twenty-first-Century Style: A Photo Gallery; APPENDIX A: BALTIMORE SCREEN PAINTERS: A CHRONOLOGY; APPENDIX B: RECOLLECTIONS OF SCREENS PAST; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61703-891-1

1-62103-981-1