American CHRISTIAN STRENGE Pennsylvania Folk Art Fraktur Vorschrift (Writing Sample) antique painting This antique screen would work

This antique screen would work well as a room divider or as a dressing screen

Oil on canvas

with a ribbed neck supporting a polished domed shade

Found in Scandinavia

antique chandelier features a foliate ceiling cap with a solid stem suspended to an urn-form over a tapered font that supports eight scrolling arms

American CHRISTIAN STRENGE Pennsylvania Folk Art Fraktur Vorschrift (Writing Sample) antique painting This antique screen would workDETAILS An antique folk art fraktur vorschrift (writing sample or exercise). Decorated in ink and hand colored with watercolor paint with a bird, urn and vining flowers. Made for Daniel Hart (?). STYLE Folk Art MEDIUM Watercolor and ink on paper FRAMING Faux grain wood frame PLACE OF ORIGIN Lancaster County, Pennsylvania United States PROVENANCE Former collection of antique dealers: Mr. and Mrs. Jess Pavey (Birmingham, Michigan) MAKER Scrivener: