Stocking

Date1800-1809

Maker Mrs. Phobe Border

MediumKnitted cotton

DimensionsOL: 36" Foot: 11"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1991-446,1

DescriptionOne of pair of men's stockings, hand knit in white cotton, with ribbed legs. Top of each stocking has initials G * B worked in cross stitch. Foot is worked with a short clock made of ribbed construction.
Label TextStockings
Made by Phobe Border for her husband, George
Connecticut, 1800-1809
Hand-knitted cotton marked with silk cross-stitches
1991-446
MarkingsCross stitch initals G * B
ProvenanceHand written note in blue ink accompanying stockings: "This pair stockings were made by Phobe Border for her husband Captain George Border who died in 1809. She spun the yarn for them."
According to vendor, these were purchased in Connecticut in the 1920s or 1930s and loaned to the Massachusetts Historical Society at one time.