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Apron

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1860-1870

GUSN

GUSN-12997

Description

Discolored white netting patterned with small dots; drawstring waistband; thin, starched, plaited cotton drawstring; selvages and hem turned back and sitiched; mid-calf length.

Details

Descriptive Terms

aprons (protective wear)
cotton (textile)
hand sewing
net (textile)
Apron
Apron

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5786

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