Fraktur (folk art)

Place of creation also includes Alsace, Switzerland, and Rhineland which are also contributed to the folk art.

[2] Fraktur drawings were executed in ink and/or watercolors and are found in a wide variety of forms: the Vorschriften (writing samples), the Taufzettle (baptismal certificate), and the Taufpatenbreif (Baptism letter from Godparents), book plates, and floral and figurative scenes.

[3] The earlier Fraktur were executed entirely by hand, while printed text became increasingly common in later examples.

Important Fraktur have been sold by major American auction houses and antique dealers for prices in excess of $100,000.

The definitive text on Fraktur is widely considered to be The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans, written by Dr. Donald A. Shelley and published by the Pennsylvania German Society in 1961.

This 1789 Pennsylvania German chest of drawers show many of the traditional forms that are used in fraktur
Colorful certificate showing birds and other decorative motifs
Fraktur birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts und Taufschein) of Johanes Bender by Johann Heinrich Otto
A religious poem produced in Bucks County, PA in 1785