60 Gauge Cotton Stockings

Very fine white women's stockings.

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Art work details

Year of production:
1845
Maker:
Unknown
Place:
Nottingham
Materials:
cotton
Measurements:
Overall length 63.5cm, foot length 23cm
Tags:
Nottingham, cotton

Made of fine white cotton on a 60 gauge stocking frame. The heel, toe and English foot are made of thicker cotton. The barely noticeable clocks are of transfer stitch lozenges within a narrow inverted V of dashes with another lozenge at the point. No manufacturer's mark.

These were found buried with other stockings, gloves, a purse and lace illustrative of Nottingham industries, under the foundation stone of the Nottingham Water Office in 1846 and recovered when the building was demolished in the 1930s.

ID Number: NCM 1937-28

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