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Half hose
German (Chemnitz)
1900–07
Object Place: Chemnitz, Germany
Medium/Technique
Knitted cotton
Dimensions
41 x 23.5 cm (16 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Arthur Warren Rayner Hosiery Collection—Gift of Mrs. Frank K. Idell
Accession Number69.886
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionMan's full-fashioned fancy half hose. Knitted lisle (cotton) with gray-blue and grouped light brown and white bands on boot and ribbed top. Plain spliced heel and toe. Eyelet ****. Stitched-on samples on upper boot of same pattern in gray-blue and grouped brown and white bands, brown and grouped pale green and white bands, dark brown and grouped light brown and white bands, gray-blue and grouped light brown and white bands, dark brown and grouped light brown and white bands.