Apron
- Object Name:
- Apron
- Object ID:
- 1963.039.545
- Date:
- circa 1886
- Description:
- Apron. Cream cotton handwoven lace, shirred onto waistband. Long ties of same material. Scalloped at bottom.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- L-27 inches
- Provenance:
- Note with apron: "Apron and tie made by Etta Loyne for Lillie Wilson, her day school teacher, fall and winter of 1886 and 1887."
Collected by the donor's sister, Marion L. Cass (1894-1963). Miss Cass developed the collection around a core of the personal possessions of her mother, Lillie M. (Wilson) Cass (1867-1951), and added objects passed down in neighboring Haverhill, NH, families. Later, while living and working in Littleton, NH, she devoted her spare time to expanding her collection, eventually representing over a century of changes in clothing and accessory styles. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Merwin P. Cass
- Subjects:
- Aprons
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