Apron
Category
Costume
Date
1860 - 1900
Materials
Silk, cotton lace, watered silk, jet.
Measurements
710 x 760 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603543
Summary
A woman's apron made from black silk ninon. The apron is decorated around the border with a double layer of black cotton net in a floral pattern, with a yoke-style waistband made from black watered silk taffeta, otherwise undecorated. There are two black jet buttons and a slim silk ninon tie for fastening on the waist, intact.