This authoritative and definitive work contains the first formal history of antique trays every published. Each of its six chapters is written by a different authority. They discuss:

Lace-Edge Painting

The "Chippendale" Style

Trays Ornamented with Gold Leaf

The Freehand Bronze Techniques

Stenciled Trays

The Country Painted Tray

The book is lavishly illustrated with more than 500 photographs, seven of them in full color, including pictures of trays prized by museums and private collectors, as well as hundreds selected from the unique photographic collection of the late Esther Stevens Brazer.