Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur; Roman script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 611
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Marianna Ernst 1852
Josua Ernst 
 

Category: Drawing
Media Type: Cutwork
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered, cut out. In the center of the document is a bird. The area around the bird is cut out to create a pattern of leafy stems within a rectangular frame. Flower heads are drawn in the pattern. The female name and date within an oval frame and the other name in Roman script are below it. The entire document is enclosed by a decorative border.

Associated Names: Ernst, Marianna
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Creation Place State/Province: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1852
Image Dimensions Width: 17.7 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 462
Creator Name: Anonymous - Scrivener
Anonymous - Decorator