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Apron with pineapples
Chinese (for western market)
1825–50
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Satin; embroidered with silk
Dimensions
77.5 x 67.6 cm (30.50-CF x 26.625 in.-W)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number59.427
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionChinese for the Western Market. Apron. Black satin, embroidered with polychrome twisted silks in satin stitch. Marrow waistband, cut to a shallow V. Vine showing pineapples and clusters or rosettes along two sides and bottom, along waistband and on pocket slits. A bouquet of same elements in each lower corner. Black scrim pocket sacks.
ProvenanceTransferred from Asiatic Dept. to Textiles.