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Pair of Stockings

1775-1829 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pair of stockings of frame-knit blue silk yarn, horizontally striped at the top with rows of red, white and blue. Each stocking has clocks embroidered with red, green, white, yellow, pink silk floss in a pattern of a pomegranate and a sunflower.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Stocking
  • Stocking
Materials and techniques
Silk; frame-knit, hand-embroidered
Brief description
Pair of stockings for a man or woman, 1775-1829, Spanish; frame-knit blue silk, embroidered clocks of coloured silks
Physical description
Pair of stockings of frame-knit blue silk yarn, horizontally striped at the top with rows of red, white and blue. Each stocking has clocks embroidered with red, green, white, yellow, pink silk floss in a pattern of a pomegranate and a sunflower.
Dimensions
  • T.77 1957 length: 58.5cm (approx)
  • T.77 1957le width: 13.0cm (approx)
  • T.77 a 1957 length: 59.5cm (approx)
  • T.77 a 1957 width: 13.0cm (approx)
Collection
Accession number
T.77-1957

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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