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Stocking

Object Name:
Stocking
Object ID:
1998.024.09
Place of Origin:
Concord, NH
Date:
circa 1830
Description:
Stockings, pair. Cream color silk with "S.W. Fisk. / No. 2" written on each in ink. Several runs in silk; heels repaired. Length from heel to top: 27.5". Handwritten note pinned to stockings (removed to accession folder): "Stocking of Mrs. Tarleton / before her marriage. / Must have been too large" and "marked S.W.Fisk / was married in 1834"
Material:
Textile
Silk
Dimensions:
H-27.5 inches
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry B. Shepard, Jr., Anne S. Bullis, and G. Dudley Shepard
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