Navy Apron with Floral Embroidery
Brief Item Record
Title: Navy Apron with Floral Embroidery
Description: Silk navy apron with cream, yellow, and green floral embroidery with light brown accents. There is slight pleating along the top where the apron connects to the waistband.
Full Item Record
Dublin Core
Identifier
VC2017003
Title
Navy Apron with Floral Embroidery
Description
Silk navy apron with cream, yellow, and green floral embroidery with light brown accents. There is slight pleating along the top where the apron connects to the waistband.
Subject
Clothing and dress
Extent
28 inches (center front length), other measurements: width at waist: 10"
width at hem: 20"
width at hem: 20"
Type
Physical Object
Spatial Coverage
Rights
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Rights Holder
© Vassar College Costume Collection. Images in this collection may be used for teaching, classroom presentation, and research purposes only. For other reuse, reproduction and publication of these images, contact costumeshop@vassar.edu.
Costume Item Type Metadata
Cataloguer with Date
Rachel Wallace 2017-02-02; Mahalia Hunter 2020-09-18
Color Main
Closure
Closure Placement
Center Front Length
28
Measurements Other
width at waist: 10"
width at hem: 20"
width at hem: 20"
All Measurements
28 inches (center front length), other measurements: width at waist: 10"
width at hem: 20"
width at hem: 20"
Donor
Cynthia Bowen
Date Earliest
1830
Date Latest
1909
Culture
Gender
Classification
costume
clothing
Category
Socio-Economic Class
Condition Term
good
Condition Description
Seams, embroidery all intact. Waist tie is very discolored, stains extend down the front to the middle of the apron.
Holding Institution
Work Type
Pattern
Citation
“Navy Apron with Floral Embroidery,” Vassar College Costume Collection, accessed June 8, 2025, https://vccc.vassarspaces.net/items/show/6208.
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