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Child's pinafore
American
About 1860
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silk twill, cord, and tassels
Dimensions
Center front: 45.72 cm (18 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Mrs. Horatio Appleton Lamb
Accession Number52.1191
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionChild's pinafore of Roman silk or silk twill with cream warp and medium-green weft with yellow, cream, red, and black stripes of varying widths; shoulder straps trimmed with multicolored silk cord tassels and cream-colored warp fringe; waistband made of a narrower length of similarly colored silk, waistband ties at back and has cream-colored warp fringe; pleated apron made from single length of silk twill with cream-colored warp fringe
ProvenanceInherited by Misses Aimee and Rosamund Lamb; Gift to the MFA, 1952