Apron
Category
Costume
Date
1880 - 1920
Materials
Moiré silk, cotton lace, cotton cord, jet beads, silk gauze, elastic cord.
Measurements
470 x 640 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603776
Summary
A woman's apron made from black moiré silk. The apron is decorated across the main ground with an abstract floral pattern, with an inner decorative border of looped black cotton cord with inset jet beading and a deep black cotton lace scalloped outer border. The apron is fully lined in black silk gauze and fastens with a black elastic cord (elastic perished) and a faceted jet button, intact.