Cover

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Cover

Entry/Object ID

2000.10.67F

Description

Silk and gold embroidery floss cover, embroidered showing flowers, birds, and animals on an ivory background. Blues, greens, salmon, peach, and cinnamon hues with outlining in gold. China?

Dimensions

Height

8-1/2 in

Width

3-1/2 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."