Hex sign
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Hex signs are a form of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, related to fraktur, found in the Fancy Dutch tradition in Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Barn paintings, usually in the form of "stars in circles", be
12-pointed compass rose on a hex sign
Barn with hex signs in Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1941
Barn with compass rose hex signs at the historic Mascot Mills in Lancaster County
A simple hex sign in the form of a compass rose on a suburban shed
Fraktur (folk art)
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Fraktur is a highly artistic and elaborate illustrated folk art created by the Pennsylvania Dutch, named after the Fraktur script associated with it. Place of creation also includes Alsace, Switzerlan
Hex sign
…Hex signs are a form of Pennsylvania Dutch folk art, related to fraktur, found in the Fancy Dutch tradition in Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Barn paintings, usually in the form of "stars in circles", began to appear on the…
An ornate Taufschein, or baptismal certificate
This 1789 Pennsylvania German chest of drawers show many of the traditional forms that are used in fraktur
Fraktur birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Johanes Bender by Johann Heinrich Otto
Fraktur Christening Certificate, c. 1936, by Ella Josephine Sterling, Index of American Design. Image from the National Gallery of Art