Pair of Socks
1850-1854 (made)
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Pair of socks of white knitted silk. Hand-finished. About mid-calf length with a design knitted in of three black stripes patterned with white. The outer two with crenelated scalloped edges and the inner one with graduated linked triangles.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Silk; machine-knitted |
Brief description | Pair of men's socks of machine-knitted white and black silk, British, 1850-1854 |
Physical description | Pair of socks of white knitted silk. Hand-finished. About mid-calf length with a design knitted in of three black stripes patterned with white. The outer two with crenelated scalloped edges and the inner one with graduated linked triangles. |
Credit line | Given by Miss R. Scarlett Smith |
Bibliographic reference | Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.
This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021) |
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Accession number | T.204&A-1962 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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