Apron; cream linen; plain weave ground; bands, pockets, yoke of punto ricamato a maglia quadra lace; filet with floral designs; edging of braided bobbin lace. According to Kaethe Kliot this is a “filet apron”. Linen with a two-tone point lace edging.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Milan, Northern Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Milan; Italy
Culture or time period:
Italian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Linen (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Aprons (protective wear)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)