Folk Dress Apron
C-0594-26
Title
Östra Göinge Skåne Folk Dress Apron: Folk DressCreation Date
20th centuryDimensions
26" W x 37 1/2" L Item (Overall)
Width at bottom hem
10 5/8" W x 37 1/2" L Other (see measurement notes)
Width at waist
Count
1Description
A soft blue wool ½-apron with a red satin waistband and ties, and a red satin lining/backing for the decoration across the bottom. That decoration includes metallic ribbon and black velvet ribbon forming a grid around three squares that contain an embroidered image of yellow, green and white stars, an orange vertical curving line surrounded by yellow and white scrolls, and a central image of green, white, orange and yellow scrolls and stars. This ½-apron is part of a traditional provincial folk dress, or folkdräkt, costume from Östra Göinge, Skåne, Sweden. See C-0594-26 for a similar apron from Östra Göinge, Skåne, Sweden. See also C-0345a-21 through C-345h-21 for a complete folk dress, or folkdräkt, outfit from Östra Göinge, Skåne, Sweden. Unattributed.
This pattern is similar to folk dress, or folkdräkt, from Värend, Småland, indicating a connected costume area from earlier times.