{"id":38,"date":"2019-02-25T16:24:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T21:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-alsmith\/?p=38"},"modified":"2019-02-28T15:28:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T20:28:17","slug":"white-apron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/silk-aprons\/white-apron\/","title":{"rendered":"White Cotton Apron 1890-1910"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This maid\u2019s apron is also a plain cotton weave and has a detailed bottom. It has numerous small pleats which make the stripe detail and it also has lace trim at the very bottom. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This apron only has a few small holes in it and no stains, implying that it would have been worn by a servant who did not have to undergo much grimy work. Even if she did have to get her hands dirty, many employers disliked it when their maids were unkempt, as Ellen Howe described in her article \u201cThe Art of Keeping Servants\u201d in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ladies Home Journal <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1893. She would \u201cnot tolerate untidiness in person or dress\u201d and also would \u201cnever help about the work.\u201d Howe admits that though she herself is a housewife, she does not do any of the housework because she has these properly kept servants. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Howe sounds as if she was a strict employer and which was probably most often the case. Maid\u2019s had to endure this treatment because it was their source of income which helped to keep their family afloat. The maid in the image and story below wears a similar apron and is experiencing similar feelings to many maids of the nineteenth century who had employers similar to Howe. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-85\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-alsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2019\/02\/IMG_1789-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/silk-aprons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2019\/02\/IMG_1789-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/silk-aprons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2019\/02\/IMG_1789-107x96.jpg 107w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/silk-aprons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2019\/02\/IMG_1789.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The Spinning Maid&#8217;s Cross.&#8221; Godey&#8217;s Lady&#8217;s Book, Periodicals Collection, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, MA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ladies Home Journal: <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">January 1893<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Periodicals Collection, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 8.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Workwoman\u2019s Guide by a Lady: A Guide to 19th Century Decorative Arts, Fashion and Practical Crafts. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">N.p.: Opus Publishers Inc., 1986, 78.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>White Cotton Apron, Historic Clothing Collection, Smith College, Northampton, MA. 2011.8.126.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This maid\u2019s apron is also a plain cotton weave and has a detailed bottom. It has numerous small pleats which make the stripe detail and it also has lace trim at the very bottom. 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