Collar

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Collar

Entry/Object ID

2000.10.47M

Description

Silk, silk gloss. Three-tiered collar; first tier has seven "petals;" third tier has ten tassels attached. Gray silk [first and third tier], white silk [second tier], embroidered in blues, gold, peach, and yellow-green and outlined in gold floss. Tassels are apricot with red, green, and pewter-colored trim, with slate-blue band [with silk button and button hole] fastens the collar to the neck. Lining is slate-blue silk. China?

Dimensions

Height

21-1/2 in

Width

14 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."