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Author: Monroe Fabian
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 256
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA classic, with more than 250 illustrations, this book is a visual feast of decorated chests. It is the preeminent encyclopedia of Pennsylvania German blanket chests. New color photography has been added for some of the original chests, and recent scholarship has produced some new information, attributions and other information.
Author: Monroe H. Fabian
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 240
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most engaging of such objects is the chest, about which this book is concerned. An ancient style of furniture, at once for sitting and for storage, the chest became the repository of an individual's goods: his (or her) clothes, linens, treasures. When in the eighteenth-century the Germans came in droves to America--to Pennsylvania--they brought the chest and the nascent individualism it represented with them. The majority of these pieces were either finished or simply painted, but the minority of inlaid or paint-decorated chests are the classic pieces of Pennsylvania-German decorative art to this day. -- Pg. 14.
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 246
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 728
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frances Lichten
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Published: 1948
Total Pages: 36
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 314
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frances Lichten
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Published: 1944*
Total Pages: 36
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ester Stevens Fraser
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 18
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes an article by Fraser about Pennsylvania German painted chests from the collection of Clarence Wilson Brazer (p. 27-34), extracts from early newspaper advertisements for Windsor chairs and their makers (p. 35-39).
Author: Richard L. T. Orth
Publisher: Masthof Press
Published: 2019-10-14
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 1601266448
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHere and abroad, no other Pennsylvania Dutch motifs have come to be prized more than those created by John Bieber (1763-1825) of Oley Township, Berks County. Without a doubt, the hallmark of a Bieber dower chest (hope chest) is its huge, bulbous, flat hearts diligently laid out with compass. The heart motif was the most reoccurring symbol among 18th-century immigrant artisans. This book celebrates the craftsmanship and history of these Americana pieces of furniture. Color pictures capture the beauty of these various works of art and are a step to cataloging them before they are lost to time. (164pp. color illus. Masthof Press, 2019.)
Author: Simon J. Bronner
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2017-02-15
Total Pages: 590
ISBN-13: 1421421380
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Pennsylvania German Studies -- PART 1 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY -- 1. The Old World Background -- 2. To the New World: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- 3. Communities and Identities: Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries -- PART 2 CULTURE AND SOCIETY -- 4. The Pennsylvania German Language -- 5. Language Use among Anabaptist Groups -- 6. Religion -- 7. The Amish -- 8. Literature -- 9. Agriculture and Industries -- 10. Architecture and Cultural Landscapes -- 11. Furniture and Decorative Arts -- 12. Fraktur and Visual Culture -- 13. Textiles -- 14. Food and Cooking -- 15. Medicine -- 16. Folklore and Folklife -- 17. Education -- 18. Heritage and Tourism -- 19. Popular Culture and Media -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Color plates follow page
