Swedish <i>Forklade</i> Apron
notes: label: Description
content: Swedish emigration began in the 1840s, with large numbers arriving in the late 1860s to escape famine. Many established new lives in the Midwest and continued to wear traditional dress, including aprons. The apron, known as a <i>forklade</i>, had symbolic length, color, and design that signified a specific use from the particular area of Sweden from which they came.
place: label: place made
content: Sweden: Dalarna
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.247637
label: accession number
content: 47391
label: catalog number
content: 247637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Apron