scherenschnitte

See also: Scherenschnitte

English

Etymology

From German Scherenschnitte, plural of Scherenschnitt (literally “scissor cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛəɹənˌʃnɪtə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

scherenschnitte (uncountable)

1. (art) An art of papercutting, cutting continuous paper designs, which began in Switzerland and Germany in the 1500s and was brought to Colonial America in the 1700s by immigrants who settled primarily in Pennsylvania.

Coordinate terms

• see list in papercutting

References

• Carolina Folk: The Cradle of a Southern Tradition by Mckissick, Univ of South Carolina Press: 2006, page 71[1]
• Guild of American Papercutters
• Papercutting artists both living and historical