Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

GIRL'S HALF APRON

Date Range From

1948

Date Range To

1948

Materials

LINEN

No. Pieces

1

Length

40.3

Width

96.6

Description

WHITE LINEN HALF APRON. GATHERED AT WAIST, WITH 36CM TIE AT EACH SIDE. FABRIC IS TEXTURED WITH WHITE EMBROIDERED POLKA-DOTS THROUGHOUT. FOUR ROWS TUCKS NEAR BOTTOM HEM; SIDES AND BOTTOM OF APRON TRIMMED WITH TATTED LACE 3.5CM BORDER.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

COSTUME BELONGED TO DONOR WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD (1949). LIVED IN CZECH REPUBLIC OF MORAVIA, IN TOWN CALLED PREROV. DONOR CAME TO CANADA WITH HUSBAND IN 1970. WENT TO EDMONTON FOR 3 WEEKS, THEN BROOKS FOR 1 1/2 YEARS, THEN SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE FOR 25 YEARS. DONOR'S HUSBAND WORKED AS AN IRRIGATION SPECIALIST. COSTUME WAS HANDMADE BY DONOR'S MOTHER, AND WAS WORN ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

UPDATE: ON 29 NOVEMBER 2024, DONOR LIBBY JONAS RE-VISITED THE GALT MUSEUM TO PARTICIPATE IN A RECORDED CONVERSATION ON HER 1999-DONATED OFFERINGS. AMONGST NEW INFORMATION SHARED, SHE PROVIDED HER MOTHER’S NAME - BERTA ULMOVA – AND THE LOCATION OF HER CHILDHOOD HOME IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC--PREROV, MORAVIA. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19990002005

Acquisition Date

1999-07

Collection

Museum

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