Apron

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Apron

Entry/Object ID

G2006.101

Description

Girl’s apron, entirely hand stitched. Made of off-white cotton (brilliant) with dark brown or black pigment printed oak leaves and acorns forming a border around the widely flaring, rounded skirt, the little square pinner top, and the waistband fastened with a translucent piecrust china button at the proper left. Inside the waistband the name “Jennie Jebarqh [?!]” is stenciled in black ink, now brown and hard to read.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Accessory, Child, Female
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Apron

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Cotton

Color

White

Made/Created

Date made

1865 - 1870

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American