Cover

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Cover

Entry/Object ID

2000.10.67K

Description

Cover of unknown function, of linen embroidered in silver. Roughly square piece of linen embroidered in series of borders. Geometric embroidery. From Asia/ Middle East?

Dimensions

Height

20 in

Width

19-1/4 in

Material

Linen

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."