1641 Princess Mary Stuart, Daughter of Charles I by Sir Anthonis van Dyck
Charles I's daughter Mary is portrayed prior to a dynastic marriage with William of Orange by van Dyck in this 1641 portrait. She cups her hands in the manner of her mother, Queen Henrietta Maria.
According to Black and Garland, A History of Fashion, p. 137 (1990 ed.) - "Aprons, which had previously been used only by members of the lower classes, now became an element of fashionable costume... but the fashionably dressed are frequently portrayed wearing aprons either entirely made from, or at least trimmed with, costly lace."
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