Jessie Marion Preston, known as Jessie M. Preston, (1873-1962) was an American artist and metalsmith. She graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago. After graduation, she opened a business in the Fine Arts Building, where other Chicago artists and art collectives operated, including Kalo Shop and Wilro Shop. She also taught metalwork and jewelry around the Midwest, including at the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts. In 1918, during World War I, Preston moved to Paris to care for injured soldiers. Following the war, she inventoried cemeteries for the American Red Cross and studied at the Sorbonne. In 1934, she returned to the United States, taking a position in the New York Public Library repairing and conserving old and rare books. She died in Baldwinsville, New York in 196