Object Number 1985.0088

Object Name

Fraktur (Cutwork valentine)

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Anne H. Torbert in memory of Mary E. Cassel Holloway

Creator (Role)

Christian Strenge
10/15/1758-04/28/1828
References: Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes, pp. 396-400; Swank, Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans, p. 262. Strenge was a Hessian solder who came to America in 1776 and remained in the United States after the Revolutionary War ended.

Place of Origin

Hempfield Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Previously attributed to Marietta. Strenge appears on the tax returns for Hempfield Township starting in 1789. He taught school in the area near East Petersburg.

Date

1790-1815

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Cutwork, Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

Construction Description

Paper folded into eighths and cut with a sharp knife (overcut visible at the top of heart number eight, just below the center-right of the design).

Dimensions (inches)

13.1 (Diam) , 12.6 (Image H)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.3 (Diam) , 12.6 (Image H)

Measurement Notes

ODiam. Image H is overall image diameter. Chain intervals: 2.5-2.6 cm; 10 laid lines per cm.

Watermark

none visible

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] Johnson, David R. 1995 "Christian Strenge's Fraktur".
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[Article] Johnson, David R. 1979 "Christian Strenge, Fraktur Artist". Der Reggeboge: Journal of the Pennsylvania German Society. 13 (3): 1-24.
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[Catalogue] Hollander, Stacy C., et al. 2001 American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum.
• Related example on p. 211.