August Americana
Description:
Birth Certificate Fraktur, southeastern Pennsylvania, possibly Northampton County, for "Maria Magdelena Fetterolf 1775," central heart surrounded by pinwheel flowers, carnations, and other vining flowers, the line border with various flowers, outer border with small striped hills, (minor imperfections),image 16 x 12 3/4, framed 17 x 20 in., overall.
Literature: An identical example made for Magdelena's sister Elizabeth is illustrated in Stoudt's Early Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts, p. 325, fig. 321.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
not laid down, minor splits along creases at edges and center.
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Keywords
Northampton County, Pennsylvania, southeastern Pennsylvania, Elizabeth, MagdelenaStephen L. Fletcher
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