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Apron
Balkan
19th century
Medium/Technique
Wool, Cotton and silk; embroidery
Dimensions
61.5 x 60 cm (24 3/16 x 23 5/8 in.); Legacy dimension: .60 x .615 not including fringe
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Elizabeth Mifflin Hammond
Accession Number33.448
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionGround: heavy cream colored cotton. Design: border, across bottom, of geometric figures solidly worked in short laid stitches with crimson silk, a little blue silk, red and black wool, and tarnished metal thread. Heavy fringe across bottom of red and dark neutral wool. Two pieces of cotton joined before working. One upper corner sewed back.