1906
GUSN-248380
Cotton Christmas stocking; white, with a red toe and heel. There is a red band around the top of the stocking. Two cotton loops are attached at the top so that the stocking can be hung.
stockings
Christmas
cotton (textile)
Stocking, Christmas
"Carolyn and Herbert" (handwritten)
"Xmas Stocking Used Every Xmas / Made by our old family servant / Jane Stewart, 1906 at Plaine Hill / She took care of all the children of Henry C. Bowen. / She Died in Woodstock at the age of 83." (handwritten)
Stewart, Jane (Sewer (textile worker))
Connecticut
27 1/2 (W) (inches)
Gift of Katharine Richardson
2002.29.42
Connecticut (United States)
Woodstock (Windham county, Connecticut)
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