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Stocking
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of adult women's stockings made from pale cream cotton. Openwork on instep of each stockings in vine pattern. Seam up the back of each stocking, with toe shaping achieved with seamwork. Machine-knit, and machine stitched. "G V." woven into top of each stocking. Some staining, and a few small holes.
2024.25.010a-b
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Historic Costume
Undergarment
Adult, Female
Stockings
1855 - 1900