Helen Burton and Camel's Bell Shop
Embroidered Jacket with Phoenix
c. 1925
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Physical Qualities
Unidentified ground; cotton or silk embroidery threads, gold-metallic wrapped embroidery threads, 34 × 44 in. (86.4 × 111.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Michael and Anis Merson, Baltimore
Object Number
2017.428
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2017; Michael and Anis Merson by purchase; unnamed Baltimore collector, possibly "Deco Dave," by e-bay purchase; originally sold by Camel’s Bell Shop, Peking, China
Advertised on e-Bay,
Inscribed: Woven into tag sewn inside of jacket: “FROM/THE CAMEL’S BELL GIFT SHOP/PEKING CHINA/ Made in China”
