Socks 'gaiters'
Women's socks with decorative lacing.
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Art work details
- Year of production:
- c. 1812
- Maker:
- Cotton spun by Mr R Arkwright, socks made by Allen & Solly
- Place:
- Nottingham
- Materials:
- cotton
- Measurements:
- Overall length 25.4cm, foot length 24cm
- Tags:
- Nottingham, cotton
The label which accompanied these socks to the Great Exhibition in 1851 described them as "Gaiters, Made about the year 1812, cotton spun by Mr R Arkwright".
A print of 1816 shows similar socks being worn by a woman between the shoe and the stocking, probably for warmth. The lacing up the front is purely decorative. One of a collection of historic hosiery exhibited by J R Allen of Allen & Solly at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the International Exhibition of 1862.
ID Number: NCM 1985-770/6
