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Stocking

Object/Artifact

Pair of stockings, hand knit fine white cotton. Knee high with fancy openwork back seam and deep elaborate cable pattern cuff. Mitered toes, box heels, reinforced. No clocks. 9” foot, 21” leg.

G2006.129

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1840 - 1880

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Stocking

Hosiery

Hand-Knit

Cotton

Cuff

Openwork

9 in

21 in

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