Name/Title
CollarEntry/Object ID
2000.10.47IDescription
Silk collar with gold floss, metal disks, silk floss tassels. Collar made of embroidered silk bordered in black silk. Background of different sections: blue, green, salmon, yellow, and white. Embroidery floss in shades of peach, of blue, of yellow-green and moss green, outlined in gold. Central "bib" section has scroll shapes cut out. Petal shapes around neck. Tassels are fuchsia, melon, moss green, tan. Asia? China?Dimensions
Width
13-3/4 inLength
23-3/4 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."