ENGLAND
Stockings
1610

Medium
silk, silver gilt, cotton

Measurements
(a) 56.1 × 16.2 cm (stocking)
(b) 57.4 × 16.0 cm (stocking)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the National Gallery Women's Association, 1989

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
England

Accession Number
CT92.a-b-1989

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Hand knitted stockings of pink silk thread and highlight silver gilt thread. The stockings are knitted to shape for the feet, heel, and ankles and finish just under the knee. A trellis pattern worked in silver gilt thread is worked into the seam running up the leg. At the ankle motifs of birds and flowers referred to as clocks are also worked in silver thread.

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Stockings
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