{"id":48,"date":"2019-02-25T16:29:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T21:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-alsmith\/?p=48"},"modified":"2019-03-28T16:49:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T20:49:10","slug":"white-apron-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/silk-aprons\/white-apron-4\/","title":{"rendered":"White Cotton Apron 1880-1900"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This maid or servants apron is made of a plain cotton\u00a0weave<\/span>\u00a0and has green embroidery around its border and pockets. It has stains on the right side beneath the pocket and is missing some of its leafy borders. White aprons like this one \u201cwere never completely out of fashion at any time\u201d because they were \u201calmost always worn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The domestic servant who wore this apron would have been working hard and using the apron for its technical purposes: to protect the garment beneath. She would have been cleaning her hands with apron, holding food in it, and dusting with it. Similar to the milkmaid in the drawing below, who will soon use her apron to clean her hands after milking the cows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Due to their dirty household duties, \u201cthe dress of female servants was not remarkable.\u201d But the embroidered detail does manage to add some character to this traditional accessory and would have distinguished her from the other maids.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_66\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66\" style=\"width: 238px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-66\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-alsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2019\/02\/IMG_1785-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/silk-aprons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2019\/02\/IMG_1785-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/silk-aprons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2019\/02\/IMG_1785-73x96.jpg 73w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/silk-aprons\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/384\/2019\/02\/IMG_1785.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The Milk Maids,&#8221; Godey&#8217;s Lady&#8217;s Book 1849, Periodicals Collection, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, MA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Levitt, Sarah. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Victorians Unbuttoned: Registered Designs for Clothing, their Makers and Wearers, 1839-1900. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">London: George Allen &amp; Unwin, 1986, 178. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lister, Margot. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Costumes of Everyday Life: An Illustrated History of Working Clothes. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boston: Plays Inc., 1972, 113.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buck, Anne M. Victorian<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Costume.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York: Universe Books, 1961, 145.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>White Apron, Historic Clothing Collection, Smith College, Northampton, MA.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2011.8.124.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This maid or servants apron is made of a plain cotton\u00a0weave\u00a0and has green embroidery around its border and pockets. It has stains on the right side beneath the pocket and is missing some of its leafy borders. 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