Amish Folk Artist Barbara EbersolHer Life, Fraktur and Death Record Book Mennonite Sources and Documents, Vol. 4 |
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Color and black-white illustrations of folk art of Barbara Ebersol (1846-1922) of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, plus a biography and her necrology of Amish relatives, friends, and acquaintances from 1862 to 1915 (with author annotations). Over 75 color plates provide a veritable collectors’ guide to her needlework and fraktur motifs, borders, and lettering styles, including those of Ebersol imitators. Portrayal of Amish life along Mill Creek, reflections on her art and on Amish sensibilities, translations of her letters to cousins, bibliographical sources, index. Unprecedented opportunity to view world of Old Order Amish through the eyes of one of their own scholars. Widely featured in folk art magazines and newspapers. Lovely gift item.