Stocking
- Object Name:
- Stocking
- Object ID:
- 1939.013.12 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- Paris, France
- Date:
- circa 1881
- Description:
- Stockings, woman's. Long, green-grey lisle cotton, embroidered in red silk toe to above ankle at front, dots in zigzag border with interlaced diamond shapes at top. White band 0.5" from top.
- Material:
- Textile
- Provenance:
- Label sewn onto top of hose: "Pair of green lisle embroidered stockings bought in Paris in 1881 by Dr. Charles H. Walker and his daughter Julia Arabelle Walker as a gift for his wife, Julianna Perkins Morse Walker."
Julianna Perkins Morse (1825-1910) married Charles H. Walker (1822-1887) in 1847. They lived in Loudon, NH, Manchester, NH, and Chelsea, MA. Julianna P. M. Walker was the grandmother of the donor, Emma (Punchard) Radley (1885-194?). - Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma P. Radley
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.