APRON, embroidered

H2015.15

Cream calico hand and machine embroidered apron trimmed with mid-green bias binding to all edges. Ties to each side, no tie at neck. Central embroidered image of a woman wearing a green dress holding a bouquet of flowers, including wattle, waratah and foxglove in her right arm and a hat with a pink scarf with green spots in her left hand. She is wearing brown shoes. To the right hand side of the apron front is an embroidered kookaburra on a wattle branch and to the left side is a small pocket trimmed with green binding and stitched with a spray of wattle. Below the woman along the bottom of the apron are embroidered flowers from left to right: wattle, orchids? and waratah.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H2015.15
Accession Date: 13 Mar 2015
Acquisition Year: 2015

Material

Calico/Textile0 - Whole
Cotton/Textile
Thread/Textile

Measurement

height884mm
width600mm

 


 

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