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Object/Artifact

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

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Entry/Object ID

2000.10.67A

Description

Linen canvas, cotton embroidery thread rectangular cloth with 4.5-inch border of embroidery in ten self-color geometric shapes in embroidery. Diagonal self-stripe and narrow borders of interlocking triangles, from England. Tag for "Guild of Learners" and "Miss Steel, Chiddingford, Surrey." "Design Original."

Dimensions

Height

14-1/2 in

Width

31-1/2 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."