Stocking
- Object Name:
- Stocking
- Object ID:
- 1965.039
- Place of Origin:
- Henniker, NH
- Date:
- 1775
- Description:
- Stockings, man's. White cotton knit, long, ribbed from foot to top, with decorative pattern from ankle halfway up leg.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-5 L-29 inches
- Provenance:
- Knitted by Mary Wilson Wallace (1720-1814) of Henniker, NH, for her son-in-law, Thomas Patterson (1746-1834), for his marriage to her daughter Elizabeth (1755-1833) on June 1, 1775. These stockings have been worn by male members of the family for weddings since their first use.
- Credit Line:
- Loaned by Robert R. Patterson
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