Item Info

Weiser Number: 271
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Category: Drawing
Media Type: Drawings
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored. This is a circular piece of paper that is covered with a design of a compass-drawn star or rosette within a circle.  Compass-drawn stars are sometimes associated with Schwenkfelder artists.

Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

Dennis K. Moyer, Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1997), pp. 256-258.

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

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1800
Image Dimensions Width: 6.8 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 612
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator