Apron with “advice to wives”; 1950s
date: label: Date made
content: 1950s
notes: label: Description
content: Apron, with printed design of “advice to wives”; 1950s. Apron; white, red, blue, and black cotton print featuring advice on "how to keep your husband" in English and French, Half apron style. Waistband and ties are made of solid red cotton, folded over and bound with red bias tape. Skirt is of heavy white cotton, pleated and attached to waistband. The design is screen printed with a large red heart and vignettes of advice on how to keep a man happy. The skirt is bound all around with red bias tape., 1950s. The design reflects accepted gender roles in the 1950s and 1960s and provides context for issues related to the Women’s Liberation movements and the rise of feminism in the 1970s.
label: Description
content: Dimensions: 21.25” L X 25” W
label: Description
content: ATHM Collection - #: 2008.253.63; Gift of Joyce Cheney
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: web subject
content: Women's History
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: American Textile History Museum Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0232.47
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0232.47
label: accession number
content: 2017.0232
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Apron
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)