TRUE LOVER'S KNOT

In 18th and early 19th century America, popular amongst some Pennsylvania Quakers, this form of handmade love token included a penned message within mazelike linear bands enclosing English text. It is possible to follow the text along more than one path and still come out with a sensible message. To read the text from any entry point, one rotates the token.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Fraktur Symposium

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Attended the Fraktur Symposium yesterday held at the main branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia. A day long free (!) event featuring...
Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Appraisement Update

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The appraisement for Insurance purposes of this early 19th century Lover's Knot or Valentine is complete and I've received an Affad...
Sunday, June 8, 2008

Genealogy Guys Acknowledgment

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The Genealogy Guys , George G. Morgan and Drew Smith discuss genealogy-- their podcast is the longest-running, continuous genealogy podcast...
Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Keep it or Sell it?

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I submitted the Knot to Real Simple magazine, via a contact at Time, Inc ., last year. As a result, its image was published along with a b...
Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Provenance

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This " fraktur "-style artifact was made for my maternal great, great, great grandmother Mary Fisher BOWEN (b. 1781 - d. 1850, St...

English text interwoven, (partial) transposed from the Knot

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A true Lovers Knot to thee my Dear I send, An Emblem of true Love without an end, Crossing turning, winding in and out, Never ceasing turni...
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Meg SM
Southern New Jersey, United States
Longtime Graphic Designer with a second career in Kitchen Design; Wife 2.0; Mother of 1/Stepmother of 2, Aunt & Great Aunt, "Baby" Sister, Amateur family researcher. Fraktur and Font Fanatic.
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