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Embroidered apron

Embroidered apron Silk, multicolored silk thread, gold thread
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[ This description is from the project: Fashioning the New England Family ]

Length of white silk, lavishly embroidered along sides and bottom in multicolored silk. Pattern inspired by painted and printed cottons from England and India. Several kinds of silver threads are used, including filé (flattened silver wrapped around a thread core) and bullion purl (flat wire wrapped around a wire or needle that is then removed.) Different colors of silk are used to couch the wire, creating decorative diaper patterns. The silk could be either domestic or imported. The metallic threads are likely imported from France. Top hem was not rolled or hemmed. Maker has outlined her sketched design in both upper corners but not filled them in with embroidery.