Pair of Stockings
1900 (made)
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Pair of black silk knitted stockings embroidered with green sequins and green and gold beads. Decorated with a winding silver snake that curls twice around the lower leg and whose head rests on the forepart of foot.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered and machine-knitted silk with sequins and beads |
| Brief description | Pair of silk knitted stockings embroidered with sequins and beads, France, 1900 |
| Physical description | Pair of black silk knitted stockings embroidered with green sequins and green and gold beads. Decorated with a winding silver snake that curls twice around the lower leg and whose head rests on the forepart of foot. |
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| Production type | Haute couture |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'G.E.' (Knitted into the top) |
| Credit line | Given by The Dowager Lady Swaythling |
| Object history | Exhibited at the Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1900. Extremely reminscent of Toulouse Lautrec's iconic 1899 image of Jane Avril, with a serpent coiled around her form-fitting black dress. |
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| Accession number | T.53&A-1962 |
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| Record created | September 28, 2007 |
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