L.T. Short Folk Art

01/11/2023

Are you a fan of spooky fall mazes? So were the early Pennsylvania Germans! Well ... kind-of.
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Early German-Americans would get lost not in corn mazes but in broadsides called Spiritual Labyrinths. These pious prints led their readers along a winding path via a prayer printed right-side up, sideways, and upside-down. As users twisted-and-turned their labyrinths, they became lost within its maze. Only the most concentrated of readers might finally reach the exit. This example in Historic Trappe's collection is from the third edition printed at the in the 1780s, though the genre lasted well into the 20th century!
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Spiritual Maze (Geistlicher Irrgarten) Decoration attributed to Henrich Otto (1733 - c. 1799). Printed at the Ephrata Cloister printshop, Lancaster Country, PA 1785. Historic Trappe, 2022.033.0074

27/10/2023

I just love this❤️

An early folk art doll with an old note that was attached to it that says: “Carved by a Father of a little girl in 1885.”

Collection of Anonymous Works.

26/10/2023

Love these roosters

Rooster on Rooster. Carved and painted folkart that will be available at the The Reading-Berks Guild of Craftsmen 73rd Annual Juried Holiday Fine Art & Craft Festival coming up in less than two weeks! The PA Traditional Folk Art Carvings booth will have 30 new and different collectible treasures. Come early for the best selection.

rbcrafts.org

26/10/2023

Looking forward my first MerryMeeting Show.

26/10/2023

See you there.

26/10/2023

Fifty Years:

In 1973 the first issue of "Maine Antique Digest" was published. The November 1973 issue featured dealer Chris Huntington and a Windsor chair on the cover and was a scant 28 pages. This issue, November 2023, marks M.A.D.’s 50-year anniversary.

https://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/fifty-years/9455

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26/10/2023

04/10/2023

Love her work!

04/10/2023

This show, small but mighty.

27/09/2023

One of my favorite shows.

21/09/2023

Holy cow!

15/09/2023

Join us at The Original 181st Semi-Annual York, PA Antiques Show & Sale
September 22 & 23, 2023
Friday 10am–6pm | Saturday 10am–5pm
Memorial Hall East at the York Fairgrounds Convention & Expo Center - 334 Carlisle Ave, York, PA 17404
65 Selected Exhibitors featuring 18th and 19th Century American, English, Primitive and Period Furniture, and Accessories
Admission $10
http://theoriginalyorkantiquesshow.com

15/09/2023

This is gonna be good!

15/09/2023

Love this doll!

Appraisal: Early 18th-Century Queen Anne Wooden Doll

13/09/2023

13/09/2023

This is a fun event.

Get your tickets for Tavern Night!

Join us at Dewees Tavern on Thursday, September 28 from 5 to 8 pm. This event will be a lively evening with a German-themed buffet dinner. Tickets include hearty appetizers, buffet dinner, dessert, and beverages (including wine and beer). Seating is limited so buy your tickets early.

https://historictrappe.org/tavern-night/
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13/09/2023

55th PA Traditional Crafts & Folk Art PA Traditional Crafts & Folk Art Show • Oct 21, 2023 • 10 a m ~ 3 p m ❣️ This will be a fun one day event, don’t miss it!

03/09/2023

This is an interesting article on Mahantongo furniture. Historic Trappe has three outstanding pieces at Dewees Tavern, Center for Pennsylvania German Studies. Open Saturday 10-4, and Sunday 12-4.

The exuberantly decorated furniture made during the first half of the nineteenth century in the Mahantongo Valley of south central Pennsylvania continues to attract considerable attention. The Mahantongo Valley, roughly seventeen miles long and four miles wide, lies about twenty-five miles north of....

31/08/2023

The best of the best!

31/08/2023

24/08/2023

This panbone with scrimshaw decoration depicts a whale ship flying the Union Jack, two whales, and three whaleboats, all within a geometric border. Indistinct initials are visible. Estimated at $3000/5000, it brought $31,500 at Doyle New York's inaugural sale in Boston. It came from the estate of Andrew W. Edmonds.

https://www.maineantiquedigest.com/stories/inaugural-boston-auction/9381

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18/08/2023

This illustrated tunebook from the mid-1800s is comprised of ten of the twelve traditional tunes used with the Scottish Psalter published in 1650, a version of the psalms in which singing constituted a primary feature of the denomination.

The booklet, inscribed with the name Daniel Steele, also includes several drawings that derive from English and Irish sources. A small number of such illuminated psalm books, once believed to be of Pennsylvania German origin, were later found to be made by members of Scotch-Irish communities.

🎨 Daniel Steele, “Tunebook”, Pennsylvania, United States, Watercolor and ink on paper, 5 × 8 1/2 in. closed, Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York, Museum purchase with partial funds provided by Becky and Bob Alexander, Lucy and Mike Danziger, Jane and Gerald Katcher, Donna and Marvin Schwartz, Kristy and Steve Scott, and an anonymous donor, 2014.1.1. Photo courtesy Sotheby's.

17/08/2023

08/08/2023

Feeling honored to be included with this talented group. Thank you Early American Life Magazine for your commitment and support of traditional artisans.

02/08/2023

Save the date for this fabulous show.

01/08/2023

Schimmel style polychrome wood carvings by Jonathan Bastian ❣️ Jonathan’s wood carvings will be available at the 55th PA Traditional Crafts & Folk Art Show ❣️ October 21, 2023 • Allegheny Evangelical Lutheran Church • 1327 Alleghenyville Rd, Mohnton Pa • 10 a m - 3 p m ❣️❣️❣️

17/07/2023

Can’t wait!

17/07/2023

What a treasure! 🌷❤️🌷

Historic Trappe is thrilled to announce the acquisition of an extraordinary book of fraktur, seventeen pages in all, that provides an incredibly rare glimpse of a fraktur artist’s work behind-the-scenes. It was made by Samuel Musselman, who signed it multiple times, and is dated 1816.

There were multiple Samuel Musselmans in Bucks County at this time and we are still working to identify which one is most likely the artist. The book contains samples of various bookplates and other types of fraktur, likely as both a memory aid for the artist and to show prospective customers. Because of the book’s fragile nature, it was completely photographed and a digital flipbook version can now be viewed on our website.

View here:
https://historictrappe.org/highlights/

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16/07/2023

GOSHENHOPPEN FOLK FESTIVAL!

For more information:

https://goschenhoppen.org/goschenhoppen-historians-pennsylvania-german-folk-culture-special-events-programs/folk-festival/