Factory woven cloth hand embroidered (satin stitch chain stitch)
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Gift of Mrs. L. van der Laan-de Brouwer.
The apron is probably made from the sleeve section of a woman's garment.
Apron made from a length of very fine silk which is decorated with floral geometric and paisley (buteh) motifs in white silk and gold-coloured metal thread. There are also inscriptions around the outer edge of the apron. The bib has a cartouche (tughra) enclosing the name of Sultan 'Abd-al Hamid (1876-1909) worked in satin stitch.
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