The practical book of early American arts and crafts . It could scarcely have had greaterveneration in Holland in the days of mystic symbolism seems to have attached to thisprevalent use of the tulip motif—perhaps, like the oldPersians, the Pennsylvania Dutch associated it withthe ideas of life, love, and immortality. At any rate, itlent itself admirably to decorative treatment in thehands of unskilled draughtsmen, and is by far the mostsuccessful of all the subjects they attempted. Indeed,the plates, platters, jars, and other articles decoratedwith the tulip design often poss
The practical book of early American arts and crafts . It could scarcely have had greaterveneration in Holland in the days of mystic symbolism seems to have attached to thisprevalent use of the tulip motif—perhaps, like the oldPersians, the Pennsylvania Dutch associated it withthe ideas of life, love, and immortality. At any rate, itlent itself admirably to decorative treatment in thehands of unskilled draughtsmen, and is by far the mostsuccessful of all the subjects they attempted. Indeed,the plates, platters, jars, and other articles decoratedwith the tulip design often possess much genuine artisticmerit and charm, whereas many of the other designsappeal to us merely by their rugged vigour in both con-ception and execution or by their naive grotesquerie. The Fuchsia. Next to the tulip in popular favour asSi motif for decoration came the fuchsia. Like the tulip,it lent itself conveniently to conventional treatment or,if preferred, to a semi-naturalistic of the striking characteristics of the German. OCTAGONAL DISH WITH MOULDED RELIEF DECORATION. PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN, 1794 John T. Morris Collection, Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
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