Heart Art

Susan Klein is a writer and lecturer in the field of American decorative arts. She has published two books: Folk Hearts: A Celebration of the Heart Motif in American Folk Art (Knopf 1984) and American Painted Furniture (Clarkson Potter, 1997). Susan also wrote “Living with Antiques” articles for The Magazine Antiques (1982–1992). Cynthia Scahffner is a decorative arts historian. Among her books and articles, she is co-author with Susan Klein of Folk Hearts: A Celebration of the Heart Motif in American Folk Art (Knopf 1984) and American Painted Furniture (Clarkson Potter, 1997). Since 1999 she has been a researcher at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, contributing to such catalogues as Art and the Empire City (2001), American Quilts and Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum (2007 edition,) and Interwoven Globe (2013). She is co-author of “The Founding and Design of William Merritt Chase’s Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art and the Art Village” (Winterthur Portfolio, 2010) and “The Global Roots of an American Family Record Sampler” (American Insights, 2004).