Name/Title
CollarEntry/Object ID
2000.10.47ADescription
Silk collar made of two identical embroidered long rectangles, loosely stitched together with off-white thread. Each rectangle has been basted at the end. Blue fabric embroidered in shades of blue and white. Flowers and butterflies densely embroidered. At the bottom of each strip is a pair of flowers. Perhaps from China/ Far East. Labeled with "Czexana."Dimensions
Height
31-3/8 inWidth
6-7/8 inProvenance
Notes
See Sophie Steel textiles. Donor Anson Peckham was nephew of Sophie Steel. Steel (1870-1958) was born in Bethlehem, PA but grew up in Germantown. She later lived in England and France and was a student of Howard Pyle. She illustrated "Historic Dress in America."