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Stockings

Stockings
 (c. 1935-1950)

Medium
wool, rayon
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, rayon
Measurements
(a) 79.2 × width cm (left stocking)
(b) 78.5 × width cm (right stocking)
Inscription
(a) label, brown and cut off
(b) label, brown and cut off
label, on foot, printed in black on brown wool: full fashioned / medium grading / wool & rayon
Accession Number
D181G.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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