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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Stocking

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Machine-knitted stockings made of heavy pale pinkish-tan silk. Square toe; seam under heel but not under foot; 1 1/4 in border top and bottom; with red; each marked with holes; clocks are wide mesh extending from the toe to mid calf; bordered with zigzags; separate triangular section at heel; very decorative point at top; similar geometric elaborations worked up the center from toe to ankle.

G2010.069

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Female

Historic Costume

Socks

Female

Silk

Pink

Tan

1815 - 1825

American

9-1/2 in

25 in

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