Depicted Standing Before an Oval Portrait and Beneath Two Cherubs Respectively Pen, Ink and Watercolour on Paper, Retaining Excitingly Strong Colours American, Schwenkfelder Fraktur School, c.1820
10" high x 8" wide (framed)
Ref: 10226
The Schwenkfelder Fraktur School refers to a distinctive style of folk art and calligraphy developed by the Schwenkfelder community, an Anabaptist religious group of German-speaking immigrants, primarily from Silesia (now part of Poland). These immigrants settled in Pennsylvania, USA, in the 18th century, where they became known for creating a unique form of Fraktur—a type of decorative folk art that combines calligraphy with elaborate illustrations, often used for birth certificates, family records, wedding documents, and other ceremonial pieces.
