Pennsylvania folk art heavy with hearts
- February 15, 2010 22:33
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, with its great permanent collection of regional folk art, anchored by a priceless group of objects donated by Titus C. Geesey between 1953 and 1969, includes striking 18th-c. pieces emblazoned with hearts. View a slideshow of Pennsylvania German dower chests, frakturs, and more artworks decorated with heart-shaped emblems, emotional imagery reflecting major life events such as marriages and births...
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