Ornament, Christmas Tree

Ornament, Christmas Tree

Description

Group of Christmas ornaments, also called "Christmas pieces" Printed paper, garland tinsel, tissue. Ornaments, or "Christmas pieces" were made by Anna Kohlenberg for her three grandchildren: Alice (Brumley), Harold, and Grace. She also sold them door-to-door at Chrsitmastime.

Material

Paper/Cotton/Tinsel

Provenance

Ornaments were made by Anna Kohlenberg. Kohlenberg was the daughter of German and Dutch immigrants who had a glass factory in Philadelphia. They would summer on a farm near Jefferson Crossroads and later lived on a Chestnut Street in Milton. Her daughter married a Clendaniel. From interview with granddaughter Alice Clendainel Brumley (b. 1916) and great granddaughter Leslie F. Claunch of Georgetown.