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Pair of Stockings

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1827

GUSN

GUSN-190019

Description

Off-white-yellow worsted wool stockings. Ribbed rim around calf. Extending from the ankle up is a design of triangles and diamonds. Seam up the back of the calf with the small line design.

Details

Descriptive Terms

stockings
wool (textile)
knitting (process)
worsted
Stocking

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

19 1/4 x 8 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Horsch Lightbody

Accession Number

2005.24.2.1-2

Places

New Hampshire (United States)
Weare (Hillsborough county, New Hampshire)

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