Stocking
Dateca. 1830
OriginAmerica or England
MediumSilk, knitted
DimensionsOL 24 1/2" Foot length approx. 7 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Rumford, II.
Object number1983-321,1A
DescriptionCream-color silk stocking, knitted in stockinette stitch with contrasting openwork pattern knitting from the foot up to ankle. Marked in silk cross stitches, "ECM."Label TextLacy pattern-knit stockings were especially fashionable in the 1820s. This stocking is marked ECM for Philadelphian Elizabeth Clifford Morris (1813-1892), who married Samuel Canby in 1832. The couple moved to Wilmington, Delaware after their marriage.
MarkingsMarked "ECM 4" at top
ProvenanceOwned/Worn by Elizabeth Clifford Morris Canby (1813-1892), Philadelphia;
By descent to her great-great-granddaughter, Beatrix Rumford;
Given to CWF, 1983.
Elizabeth Clifford Morris of Philadelphia was born August 19, 1813 and died March 10, 1892. She was the daughter of Caspar Wistar Morris and Elizabeth Giles of Philadelphia. In 1832 she married Samuel Canby of Wilmington, DE and lived there the rest of her life. She was Beatrix Rumford's great, great grandmother.
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