Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.
Printed wool twill; cream ground; red and green paisley stripe; half drop repeat; small green border stripe with cream stylized flowers around center panel. Black border bands around entire edge of apron and bib top; bib gathered across top and at waist; apron and waistband gathered at center front. Metal hook and eye closure at back; mid-calf length; brown cotton loops at right and left top bib.
pinafores
pins (jewelry)
transfer printing
hand sewing
resist dyeing
twill
wool (textile)
Pinafore
Pinafore
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6496
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].
Sign up to our newsletter for our latest news and events
