Digital Collections
Apron
Clothing/Dress/Costume
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.
G2006.101
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Accessory
Child, Female
Historic Costume
Apron
Female
Cotton
White
1865 - 1870
American
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