Amish Folk Artist Barbara Ebersol: Her Life, Fraktur, and Death Record Book by Luthy, David - 1995

Lancaster Mennonite Historical, 2004-06. Hardcover. Good.

Lancaster Mennonite Historical, 2004-06-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 1995. Hardcover. VG (Has name of former owner on first page, otherwise clean.). Green cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, green & yellow & color illus. dust jacket, 111 pp., color & BW illus. "The work of Barbara Ebersol (1846-1922), an Amish artist of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, documents the existence of both a tradition of artistic expression and a well-developed folk-art heritage among the Old Order Amish. She produced bookplates, bookmarks, tokens of remembrance, watercolor paintings, and needlework with motifs adapted from the embroidery tradition and from nature -- tulips, hearts, stars, peonies, and roses. She also produced a wealth of family records that trace the development of the Lancaster County Amish community and its enlarging field of contacts with settlements in Ontario and other states. As families grew, she hand-catalogued in their Bibles the marriages, births, and deaths that comprised the history of her… Read More

Lancaster, PA: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2004. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. Green covers in a green pictorial dust jacket. 9-1/4" x 10-3.4", 111 pages.

Lancaster, PA: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2004. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. Green covers in a green pictorial dust jacket. New book in original shrink wrap. 9-1/4" x 10-3.4", 111 pages.

Lancaster Mennonite Historical, 2004-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!