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Embroidered Apron
c 1850

Lovely colours and design. For decorative wear.

Cataloguing

of black moire or water silk, the waistband pointed at the front and embroidered with a flower and leaf meander, piped, the skirt ruched into the point and embroidered with a cenral coral pink and straw coloured silk flower spray, surrounded by further sprays caught by twisted ribbons, two rows of flowers either side of the apron surrounding the pockets, the pockets of brown cotton, 20 in or 50 cm waistband, 28 in or 70 cm long

Condition

Very good apart from the silk lining of the waistband has rotted. Also there is a small area of two little slits to the three trefoil (three leafed) flower spray on the left hand top of the central large flower spray.