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Aproncirca 1740

Not on view
Horizontal silk textile panel in marigold yellow with blush-pink fringe, embroidered along the lower third with scrolling vines and multicolored flowers in red, blue, and green

Unknown, Apron, circa 1740, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Murray Ward, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Apron
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1740
Medium
Silk embroidery on silk taffeta, silk fringe trim
Dimensions
20 1/2 x 41 1/2 in. (52.07 x 105.41 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Murray Ward
Accession Number
M.79.96
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.

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