Collar

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Collar

Entry/Object ID

2000.10.47G

Description

Silk collar with silk and gold floss. Mauve background; black border. Red, blue, white, yellow embroidery. Gold outlines and geometric figures. Asia? China?

Dimensions

Height

2-1/4 in

Length

6 in

Material

Silk

Provenance

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."