Apron
1720-1740 (made)
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Woman’s apron of lawn, embroidered with cotton thread in chain, darning and buttonhole satin stitches with buttonhole eyelets and areas of drawn-thread work. It is made of 2 lengths of lawn whipped together at centre front. The apron is worked in a repeated, Chinoiserie-inspired design of pheasants, butterflies, rocky promontories, pagodas and fishermen. It is edged with a 1¾-inch (4.4 cm) wide border of Flemish bobbin lace. The apron is shaped at the waist, shorter at centre front than at the sides, pleated and stitched to linen tape. The ties have been cut off.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen, cotton; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn, bobbin lace |
| Brief description | Woman's whitework apron, 1720-40, British;lawn embroidered with Chinoiserie design, edged with Flemish bobbin lace |
| Physical description | Woman’s apron of lawn, embroidered with cotton thread in chain, darning and buttonhole satin stitches with buttonhole eyelets and areas of drawn-thread work. It is made of 2 lengths of lawn whipped together at centre front. The apron is worked in a repeated, Chinoiserie-inspired design of pheasants, butterflies, rocky promontories, pagodas and fishermen. It is edged with a 1¾-inch (4.4 cm) wide border of Flemish bobbin lace. The apron is shaped at the waist, shorter at centre front than at the sides, pleated and stitched to linen tape. The ties have been cut off. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Dora Carson |
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| Accession number | T.9-1952 |
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| Record created | September 28, 2007 |
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