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.

Monday, June 11, 2012

The Retronaut

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The True Lover's Knot became a part of a virtual time capsule at "The Retronaut" in March of this year: http://www.retronaut...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Another decade older and still charming!

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This fine example of calligraphic American folk art turns 210 years old Friday, December 9th!

This Ring is round And hath no end…

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The True Lover's Knot "turns" 210 years old this Friday, December 9th. Hugh Pugh, the pen-artist, signed and dated the artif...
Monday, November 22, 2010

"Knote-Cards"

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Lover's Knot Stationery

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The Lover's Knot has proved so inspirational to me, that I designed and had printed blank notecards featuring Hugh Pugh's unique g...

Letters of Note Blog Entry for Monday, 11.22.10

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I heard about this interesting blog out of Manchester, England, called Letters of Note last week, so I took the initiative to write to the ...
Friday, November 19, 2010

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Hugh Pugh is descended from a line of the Welsh Quaker Pugh family which were originally in Montgomery Co. PA, and there is a genealogy via ...
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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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