A pair of magenta wool stockings with elaborate woven floral design in white silk on foot and lower leg. ' NC & S 1862' worked on welt, made for Great Exhibition 1862. ID Number: L-C-358-1955-29

A stunningly patterned stocking in black wool and white and pale blue silk. The white zigzags and blue lozenges are knitted using the intarsia technique*. The stocking has an English foot and a heel and toe of grey marled (mottled) wool. Marked 'M'…

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…

Pair of men's black wool swim trunks - called beach shorts by maker - with two front pockets and white webbing belt. Factory sample. ID Number: L-C-1-1991-35

Red wool mitten embroidered in red silk, with three imitation buttons. Factory sample, card label no. 1591. ID Number: L-C-787-1967-10

A woman's suit consisting of a cardigan jacket and a long skirt all in a complex double knit in fawn wool banded with lines of red. The jacket has a V neck, long sleeves with cuffs, two pockets and fastens with six red plastic buttons and…

A ladies two piece suit of waistcoat and skirt machine knitted in wool and acrylic mixture with a Jacquard pattern. The high neck, straight waist, armholes and fronts of the waistcoat are all edged with ribbing in dark brown and fasten with eight…

A woman's dress of machine-knitted wool with bands of yellow cotton near the bottom of the skirt and the three quarter length sleeves. Between the bands is Cornelly machine embroidery in white cotton. The dress has two sloping bust darts and…

A negligee or dressing gown in machine knitted wool lace patterned with rows of ovals with four holes and rows of spiders over white nylon gauze. The bodice has a high neck and three quarter length sleeves. The skirt is long. Fastening is by white…

A man's pullover designed and knitted on a flat bed machine by Linda Brockway using over twenty shades of wool. The pullover has a crew neck and ribbing at the bottom and at the wrist of the sleeves. The body and the sleeves are knitted with rows…