Collar

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Collar

Entry/Object ID

2000.10.47L

Description

Silk, silk gloss, gold floss. Circle-shaped collar; outside edge of circle has scalloped edge with eight scalloped, roughly triangular decorative projections; one of them is divided, with fasteners and cloth buttons. Ivory and teal backgrounds; navy edges; lavender trim embroidery in navy, lavender, salmon, green-gold, outlined in gold thread. "Steel, Anglefield, South Godstone" sewn on back.

Dimensions

Width

11-1/2 in

Length

11-7/8 in

Material

Silk, Cloth

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."