Apron
Apron
Apron

Apron

Object number2017.140.2
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MediumFabric; Thread
Credit LineGift of Cassandra Vivian
DescriptionOff-white fabric waist apron. Apron body is U-shaped and features oblong opening that runs vertically through top center and is trimmed with off-white crochet openwork and red embroidery. Front of apron at bottom center has red embroidered name with red embroidery below depicting a branch with four leaves and three flower buds. Two straps at waist, proper right strap is much shorter than the proper left strap.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (Apron body): 13.25 × 7.75 × 0.5 in. (33.7 × 19.7 × 1.3 cm)
Length (Proper right strap): 27.5 in. (69.9 cm)
Length (Proper left strap): 11.063 in. (28.1 cm)
InscriptionsFront of apron at bottom center has red embroidered text "Carolina".
Historical NotesApron made by to Carolina Paggini Parigi. The apron was passed to her daughter Elizabeth, who in turn passed it to her daughter Cassandra (donor). Part of a collection related to the Parigi family of Monessen. Italian immigrants Nazzareno Parigi and Carolina Paggini Parigi emigrated from Quarata in the Tuscan countryside of Italy in the early 20th century. While many Tuscan immigrants settled within the city of Pittsburgh and worked in the restaurant industry, the Parigi’s immigrated to rural Westmoreland County, and Nazzareno worked as a laborer for the Pittsburgh Steel Company. Like most Italian women of her era, Carolina was a homemaker and the apron is typical of what would have been used in the kitchen to prepare her traditional Tuscan meals.
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