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Stocking

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-35645

Description

Single cream-colored knit stocking, possibly fine cotton with openwork vertical herringbone pattern at the front ankle area. Sewn in tag with handwritten "LW Plympton No 2".

Details

Descriptive Terms

stockings
cotton (textile)
knitting (process)
Hosiery
Stocking
Stocking

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Spaulding

Accession Number

1933.423

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