Trimming cut from an evening dress of about 1827 when this bright yellow, known as 'Bird of Paradise yellow' was fashionable. The net is single-press point net, made on the stocking frame. After 1786 single-press point net was largely superseded by…

Women's stocking knitted in very fine white cotton with worked clocks. Knitted into the welt is a crown above NATIONAL EXHIBITION 1851 WARD & CO MANUFACTURERS. This is probably Ward, Sturt, Sharp & Ward of Belper, whose entry in the…

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.…

Stockings of fine white silk made on a 48 gauge stocking frame. The heels, toes and English feet are made of thicker silk. Maker's mark 'M' below welt for I & R Morley. These were buried with other stockings, gloves, a purse and lace under the…

Stockings knitted on the stocking frame in thick white cotton to demonstrate the probable quality of hose knitted on William Lee's original stocking frame of 1589. They are 12 gauge. A moderately fine stocking would be between 30 and 40…

Each handframe had its own mould for casting the needles into leads. A mixture of lead and tin was heated and poured into the mould. Needles were then placed into the molten metal. The number of needles held by each lead varied for different frames.…

Each handframe had its own mould for casting the needles into leads. The inside of the mould was blackened with soot from a buring candle prior to a mixture of molten lead and tin being poured in. Needles were placed into the molten metal. The leads…

Knitted on the stocking frame these gloves were made flat and seamed at the outside of the hand and along each finger. The tops of the fingers and thumbs are gathered. The points on the back of the hand are made of lines of drop stitches or as a row…

A woman's fine pink silk stocking made on a 52 gauge stocking frame. The heel, toe and English foot are of thicker silk. Marked below welt with 'M' for I & R Morley. It has a handwritten label 'Fine Silk Hose by I & R Morley'. The stains are…

Man's waistcoat, the front hand-frame knitted in pale blue and white silk, the back of blue woven silk, lined with ivory and blue striped silk (both very fragile). Four front pockets, six brass buttons, five monogrammed 'JF', and four smaller…