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Woman's Fashion Apron1720-1750

Not on view
Cream silk apron with gathered waistband and ribbon ties, scalloped hem edged in gold trim, embroidered overall with colorful floral and botanical motifs

Unknown, Woman's Fashion Apron, 1720-1750, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Fashion Apron
Place Made
England
Date Made
1720-1750
Medium
Silk and metallic thread embroidery on silk taffeta
Dimensions
18 x 38 in. (45.72 x 96.52 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.59.24.7
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.
  • Blanco F., José and Mary D. Doering, eds. Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe, vol. 1, Pre-Colonial Times Through the American Revolution. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016.