Auctioneer Ron Pook remembers the hand-painted wardrobe he sold for close to a million dollars. The painted schrank, as it’s called, was made in the Oley Valley. “It sold for over $800,… ...

The pieces were painted in multicolored motifs resembling what often is called “Pennsylvania Dutch.” The furniture styles of these pieces followed existing late 1700s and 1800s designs such as ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Dutch influence on the Lehigh Valley shines through in any number of ways: the food, the festivals, the language. And at the culture's very soul are hex signs ...

LLENTOWN, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Dutch influence on the state’s Lehigh Valley shines through in any number of ways: the food, the festivals, the language. • A part of the culture’s very ...

Pennsylvania 'Dutch' Fraktur art displayed. By FREDERICK M. WINSHIP. ... Bucks, and Lehigh Counties, Pa., also are on view along with examples of painted furniture, Amish quilts, ...