author
Elizabeth Lounsbery
Known for writing about gracious living and the art of the table, this early 20th-century author moved easily between everyday etiquette and a deep interest in miniature painting. Her books mix practical advice with a warm belief that beauty belongs in daily life.
1 Audiobook
The Mentor: American Miniature Painters, January 15, 1917, Serial No. 123
by Elizabeth Lounsbery
About the author
Elizabeth Lounsbery was an American writer whose known books include Let's Set the Table (1938) and Entertaining without a Maid (1941). Catalog and bookseller records also connect her with The Mentor: American Miniature Painters (1917), published as Mrs. Elizabeth Lounsbery, showing the range of her interests from home entertaining to art history.
The surviving descriptions of her work suggest a writer who cared about both usefulness and style. Let's Set the Table was published with an introduction by Emily Post, and later listings describe her as an expert on etiquette and housekeeping. In American Miniature Painters, she wrote about portrait miniatures and the artists behind them, bringing a specialist subject to general readers in an accessible way.
Reliable biographical details about her life appear to be scarce online, so much of her story survives through her books rather than through formal author profiles. Even so, her work leaves a clear impression: she wrote for readers who wanted homes, meals, and gatherings to feel thoughtful, beautiful, and welcoming.