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Tabard Apron

1920-1929 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Little girl's sleeveless tabard apron of unlined cream net. It has a squared neck, two semi-circular patch pockets at the front, and open sides which fasten with a pair of tying strings of pale pink silk gauze ribbon at waist level on each side. It is edged throughout (including the pockets) with narrow cream braid worked in continuous lines of French knots, and also with paired rings of French knots; a flower and leaf of pink satin and green ribbon is stitched at the left front corner of the neck, and another at the true right side of the chest.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Net, braid, ribbon
Brief description
Little girl's tabard apron of embroidered net; France, 1920-1929
Physical description
Little girl's sleeveless tabard apron of unlined cream net. It has a squared neck, two semi-circular patch pockets at the front, and open sides which fasten with a pair of tying strings of pale pink silk gauze ribbon at waist level on each side. It is edged throughout (including the pockets) with narrow cream braid worked in continuous lines of French knots, and also with paired rings of French knots; a flower and leaf of pink satin and green ribbon is stitched at the left front corner of the neck, and another at the true right side of the chest.
Dimensions
  • Centre back length: 35.5cm
Credit line
Given by Mr. and Mrs. Ruben
Object history
Worn by one of the donors, Mrs Ruben (née Madeleine Lavigne in 1921) and/ or her sister Marie-Thérèse (born 1927)
Production
The apron is strikingly similar to Misc.510(1,2)-1992 (a French baby dress and cap of 1921) and may well have been made by the same source
Collection
Accession number
B.133-1999

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Record createdJune 30, 1999
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