Stocking
Date1825-1832
OriginAmerica or England
Mediumsilk knit
DimensionsOL 26" Foot length approx. 8"
Credit LineGift of Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Rumford, II.
Object number1983-321,3A
DescriptionCream color silk stocking, knitted in stockinette stitch with decorated pattern-knit clock and feet.Markings"ECM 4"
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.
