Stocking
Dateca. 1750
OriginEngland
MediumKnitted linen with silk design at clocks (ankles).
DimensionsOL: 24"; Foot L: 10"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1967-131,1
DescriptionStocking, one of a pair, knitted of white linen thread in stockinette stitch; full-fashioned calf, handsewn back seam, turned heel with clocks knitted in rose silk and decorated with pattern of reciprocal vine, rosette, and coronet. Initals "AG" in india ink on inside of top. Frame knitted. Shown at right in photograph with another pair of stockings.Construction History:
1. ca. 1750 initial construction
2. Date Unknown- mending at top of stockings; removed by CW conservation in 1984
Label TextStocking
Britain, worn in Westmoreland by Sir William Fleming, ca. 1750
Frame-knitted linen with silk design
1967-131
Milliners and other storekeepers sold ready-made stockings that had been professionally made on stocking frames, or knitting machines. The designs, or clocks, at the ankles were inserted during the knitting process in a technique called plating. Both men and women wore clocked stockings.
MarkingsInitals in ink on iside top each- "AG"
ProvenanceSaid to be from Raydal Hall, Grasmere, Westmoreland, and stated to have been worn by Sir William Fleming.
