Women's stocking knitted in black silk lace stitch with additional hand embroidery. Repair to the welt has partially obscured the initials ME. ID Number: L-C-582-1961-18

Pair of women's ribbed stockings knitted in dark tan cashmere, front of foot and ankle hand embroidered in white silk. 'E' worked in welt. ID Number: L-C-582-1961-51

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…

A rectangle of brown silk knitted with a spider-work ground. The sides and the bottom edge are patterned with zigzags and fans whereas the bottom has a pattern of beehives and zigzags. Received with the information that is 'made on the hosiery…

5 pair of ladies' combinations made by Elliot of Swanwick. Some are in silk, some in wool and all have button fastening at the front with an open crotch. The letter 'E' is worked into all the garments. ID Numbers: PH 504 - 508

A pair of cotton stockinet long drawers in which each leg is made in one piece fashioned to the leg and with an inside leg seam. The waist is faced with silk taffeta which has cords sloping to the centre front and fastens with five buttons and…

Brightly banded drawers (probably 'knicker-drawers') in maroon and white silk gauze. Fashioned legs caught into solidly knitted cuffs. The waist is lined with silk taffeta which curves down in front and fastens with three pearl buttons and…

Each glove is made in one piece with two gussets for each finger and a separately made thumb piece. The wrist has a scalloped edge and a piece of elastic tape sewn to the inside. The points on the back of the hand are hand embroidered in brown silk…

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 sample tennis sock in white rayon plated onto cotton for strength. The heel and toe are in plain cotton. The turndown ribbed cuff has green near the edge and two bands of patterning. On the sole is printed 'Morley, Made in England, Artificial Silk…