An English embroidered silk apron

Circa 1720-1740.

Embroidered with trailing flowers and leaves in silk and gilt metal thread on a cream taffeta ground.

The V & A has an apron similarly worked in silk and metal thread (accession number T.16-1970) https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O362353/apron-unknown/

The textile 49.2cm (19⅜”) high and 96cm (37¾”) wide.

Mounted on green silk over a stretcher 59.1cm (23¼”) high and 104.2cm (41”) wide.