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Pair of socks
English
about 1823
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Silk knit
Dimensions
35 x 22 cm (13 3/4 x 8 11/16 in. )
Credit Line
Edward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number65.17a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionKnitted. Pinkish mauve with white toes and heels. According to an inscription on the envelope containing them, found among the effects of Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Jurist, these stockings were bought in England by his "grandfather Jackson" (the lawyer Charles Jackson, his maternal grandfather). Jackson visited England in 1823, a date which corresponds reasonably with the style of the stockings. Good condition.