Collection of Pennsylvania German painted furniture designs and stencils
Scope and Contents
Contains sketches, preliminary and working stencils for the decoration of furniture, probably by a Pennsylvania German furniture decorator near York, Pennsylvania. Designs include flowers, fruit, birds (including an eagle) and similar stylized motifs. Clearly shows steps from design conception through finished product as collection also includes finished full color samples done on paper with simulated wood grain background. Two of the finished pieces are signed J. F. W. Sleeder on the verso. Includes a stencil for W. W. Wolf.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1860 - c. 1909
Conditions Governing Access
Collection open for research.
Full Extent
2 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license.
Physical Description
Loose stencils are placed into Mylar protectors. Most of the stencils have been mounted in an album.
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Original MARC catalog record by Laura Parrish. Finding aid transferred from MARC record in December 2024 by Carley Altenburger.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Winterthur Library Repository