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Stockings

Stockings
 (c. 1938-1950)

Medium
wool
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr Rex D. Jones and Mrs I. D. Gowan, 1977
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
wool
Measurements
(a) 88 × width cm (left stocking)
(b) 83 × width cm (right stocking)
Inscription
(a) label, cream and cut off
(b) label, cream and cut off
label, on foot, printed in black on brown wool: full fashioned / medium grading / all wool
Accession Number
D181D.a-b-1977
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr Rex D. Jones and Mrs I. D. Gowan, 1977
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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