Sample, Material

Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Sample, Material

Entry/Object ID

2000.10.67B

Description

Linen, cotton embroidery floss square embroidered in orange, brown, blues, and moss green. Roughly floral pattern with border. Made in England or United States, perhaps by Sophie Steel.

Dimensions

Height

6-3/4 in

Width

7 in

Material

Linen, Cotton

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."