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From the Museum's Collections
Michigan
Apron
Challenge - See the winning aprons!
Make an Apron:
Apron Ideas
More about Aprons
Kids' Stuff
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Apron: the word comes from the French
naperon, meaning small tablecloth. But aprons are much more than cloths to protect
clothing. They are reminders of mothers and grandmothers and the wonderful
smells of supper cooking. They recall the butcher, the baker, the
carpenter and the smells of baking bread and of fresh-sawn wood. They can
be folk art or high fashion. They carry
historic context and cultural messages about what is beautiful, how time
is spent and what is important.
From July 5 to August
18, 2002, the Michigan Historical
Museum celebrated the apron with an exhibit by Joyce Cheney, author of
Aprons:
Icons of the American Home. Apron Strings included more than 150 vintage and
contemporary aprons.
Aprons from the museum's own collections
were also on display throughout the permanent exhibits. Winners
and selected entries in the Michigan
Apron Challenge were also exhibited in
conjunction with Apron Strings.
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