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Article: VINTAGE APRONS\ ICONS OF THE AMERICAN KITCHEN ARE AFFORDABLE TO COLLECT AND FUN TO WEAR.(At Home)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- August 23, 2003
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Byline: Kathy Stephenson Salt Lake Tribune
A collection of aprons -- from fussy ones made of organza and lace to utilitarian ones with deep, sturdy pockets and stains -- keeps Nancy Mathews tied to her past.
The collection, more than 80, includes her mother's beige apron with bright red ties and cowboy-themed pockets, a souvenir from an Arizona vacation in the 1960s. Aunt Elaine's dainty, white wraparound has a pocket and trim made creatively from flowered handkerchiefs. And even grandmother's sheer, yellow organza apron -- hand-stitched and stenciled -- remains well preserved after 70 years.
"I was raised with aprons," says Mathews, 58, ...