Theorem From the Lititz Moravian Girls’ School
Jane Juliet Witmer (1810-1886), Lititz Moravian School, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
c. 1825
paint on velvet
Sight, 16 ½” x 20 ½”; In a period frame, 19 ¼” x 23 ¼”
Signed at the base of the basket, “Juliet Witmer Lititz 1825”
Illustrated: Patricia T. Herr, “The Ornamental Branches: Needlework and Arts from the Lititz Moravian Girls’ School Between 1800 and 1865”, p. 26.
A very rare signed theorem from the Lititz Moravian Girls’ School, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.