Tablecloth

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Tablecloth

Entry/Object ID

2000.10.59

Description

Embroidered linen table cover. Central tree with birds in it. Other embroidered birds and flowers. Border in spiral patter. Colors of embroidery include coral, peach, green, blue, yellow, black, Signed on border "CRP Sophie Steel 1935."

Dimensions

Width

70 in

Length

107 in

Material

Linen, Textile

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."