THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF FLATBUSH by Gertrude Lefferts Vanderbilt 1887 APRONS
About the close of the last century, fancy aprons were not considered out of place even in full dress, although it is not probable that they were worn at balls and parties. We find a newspaper bearing date April 1773, an advertisement in which there is a great variety of these offered for sale: spotted and figured Scots lawn...........................aprons spotted and figured silk.................................aprons plain and flowered, figured and spotted, black gauze.....aprons figured and flowered black and white silk................aprons needle-worked lawn.......................................aprons [lawn: a thin or sheer linen or cotton fabric, either plain or printed] Fancy aprons, more or less trimmed,were worn by young ladies, and formed a very pretty addition to their afternoon dress. Until within some ten or fifteen years they were not considered inconsistent even with a silk dress. At present they are only worn by children, or, if used by ladies, only to serve the temporary purpose of neatness, and not an ornamental part of their general costume.
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