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Half hose
French
1900–07
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Knitted cotton
Dimensions
40 x 25.5 cm (15 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Arthur Warren Rayner Hosiery Collection—Gift of Mrs. Frank K. Idell
Accession Number69.930
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionMan's full-fashioned fancy half hose. Knitted lisle (cotton) with plaid heather mixture boot of robin's-egg blue, brown, gold, black bands and alternating tambour-stitched white broken zigzags and black stripes. Black ribbed top with gold, robin's-egg blue bands. Black heel and toe. Marked "Made in France, 10" and "Spliced Heel and Toe."