stockings


stockings

Summary

Yellow silk machine knitted in stocking stitch; heels, soles and toes thicker; added white cotton tops. Tops of double thickness worked with two narrow white lines; seamed down CB; shaped for leg heel and toe; seamed each side of foot; machine-embroidered clock each side, dividing at ankle to follow foot shaping.


Object Name

stockings

Date Created

1880-1900

Dimensions

foot: 24.1cm
length: 80cm

accession number

1947.3384

Collection Group

costume
womenswear

Medium

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