MFA 59.1056, white muslin embroidered with white cotton; New England

MFA 46.73, white muslin apron, England (probably Shropshire)

Maria Niforos LA-246, an apron with matching shawl, Dresden

FAMSF 55007, “Apron of fine cotton or linen with whitework embroidery and drawn work: satin, seed, and punch work embroidery in design of flowers and leaves; apron skirt gathered into narrow waist; rolled hem.”

MFA 43.306, cotton with silk embroidery, made in England in the first half of the 18th century

Colonial Williamsburg 1991-525, semi-sheer cotton embroidered in linen with several designs in darning, chain, drawnwork fillings, c. 1700

Met 36.48 (“ANNE/BVLLOCK/HVR/APRON/1715”), Britain

Colonial Williamsburg 1991-524, linen with whitework in cotton, marked “Iane Riggs” and “IR 1719”

Colonial Williamsburg 1991-526, linen embroidered with linen, with bib, c. 1720

MFA 58.946, white muslin with white linen embroidery and narrow bobbin lace; New England, early 18th century

Dresden work apron, England, 1728

Apron in cotton with whitework embroidery and bobbin lace edging, England/Flanders, c. 1720-1740

Dudmaston National Trust 814614.12, c. 1740-1760

Colonial Williamsburg 1952-68, “1740-1775; England or Europe; Cotton embroidered with linen, later waistband”

Meg Andrews 7172, c. 1750; “fine muslin with drawstring cords at waist, the lower section with small embroidered leaf sprigs, the hem 4 in or 10 cm deep with a band of drawnwork, a row of slanting ovals with foliage, each with drawnwork, a further row of sprigs flanked by interlocking ovals, the hem with five different infills within undulating or rocky scallops”

V&A T.44-1949, (bobbin?) lace worked in linen thread, Brussels, mid-18th century

London Museum Z1084COS, c. 1750-1770; “White muslin apron; floral scalloped border on three sides and all-over design of sprigs embroidered in white silk in variety of surface stitches and openwork. Small hem at waist with drawstring. … Construction Details: waist edge/drawstring casing made by double folding upper edge to approx 1/8" and sewing with tiny running stitches”

Met 2009.300.1360, Britain, c. 1760-1770

Colonial Williamsburg 1953-857, sheer cotton with white needlework in floral spray repeat, England, c. 1760-1780

Meg Andrews 8366, embroidered long apron, 1770-1790; “the fine muslin tambour embroidered throughout with rows of white cotton single and double flower sprigs, each 5 cm high, with twelve different designs, the lower corners with stylsied flowerhead surrounded by tendrils and leaves emerging from a drawnthreadwork rocky mound, the borders with gently scalloping with curving flower stems and cartouche infills, gathered onto a silk ribbon.”

Dorothy Quincy (Mrs. John Hancock) by John Singleton Copley, c. 1772

An Evenings Invitation; with a Wink from the Bagnio, 1773

Colonial Williamsburg 1991-523, linen embroidery on cotton ground, with ruffle, c. 1780

Colonial Williamsburg 1991-522, semi-sheer cotton corded with linen in the weave and embroidered with cotton, c. 1780

PVMA 2000.01.864, an embroidered linen apron, c. 1780-1800

Killerton National Trust 1366460, c. 1780-1820; “Apron made from a single rectangular piece of fine cotton muslin, folded at top edge to create a casing. Threaded with narrow cotton tape. Decorated with tambour embroidery in white cotton thread, with a light, trailing design of flowers and leaves (possibly representing honeysuckle or ivy). Hem-line decorated with a tamboured scallop or dot design, with two lines of embroidery above. Marked 'A.F' in cross-stitch in brown thread. Possibly re-made from a gown of the period, but more likely that this piece has always been an apron since selvedge used as one side, no stitch holes apparent.”

Met C.I.43.13.16

Meg Andrews F313, a fine muslin apron scattered with tambour embroidered leaves, 1790s

Meg Andrews 8613, a fine muslin apron with scalloped sides and embroideries of sprays of leaves and a vermicular band, 1790s

Met C.I.39.13.122, c. 1799-1821