White cotton and lavendar wool blend; tabby weave; bands of point twill of yellow silk along waistband and apron bottom; gathered at waist; apron ties backed with white cotton twill tape; drawn work along hem; mid-calf length.
aprons (protective wear)
cotton (textile)
hand weaving
silk (textile)
twill
wool (textile)
hand sewing
Apron
Apron
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.5327
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