Limerick lace
Collection object
1989.0102
Total length 78, max width at bottom 58.7, width including underarm straps, 48.3
Lace, Limerick. White lace child's communion apron in needlerun and tambour. Chain of five ovals runs up the centre, through a central tiangular panel decorated with floral motifs, rosettes and palm fronds. The triangle is surrounded by a wide border containing trefoils, rosettes and palm fronts. This latter decoration continues up the shoulder straps and underarm straps.