Sarah Ann Steffanoni b. 1844

Also known as Sarah Ann Reading
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Sarah Ann Steffanoni was a gold bullion embroiderer, born in Warwick, England, who moved with her family, along with the Fairfax family to Sydney, Australia in 1853. With her artist husband, Steffanoni continued the family embroidery business, in which many prestigious embroideries were designed and executed. Among her accomplishments, Steffanoni designed the Regimental Colour of the Singleton re

Citations

  • 'NSW Death Records : 19096/1916’.

  • 'Family papers’.

  • Butterfield, Annette (1990), 'Sophie Steffanoni 1873-1906’, Lewers Bequest & Penrith Regional Art Gallery catalogue, Penrith.

  • (1994), Craft and Home, September.

  • (1870), Newcastle Chronicle, April, 21.

See also

  • 'ADD section 5, plate 192'.

Initial data sources

  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book