Stockings, 1820-1830, detail of clocking

1820-1830. White cotton stockings, with white embroidered chevrons joined into zigzags of the same yarn forming the clocks (ornamentation extending up the calf from the ankle) on both inside and outside of each stocking. The welt (top) is plain.
Each is identified with the cross-stitch embroidered initials "E.C. 13" at the top. Handmade.

The Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection digital catalog was produced by the UNH Library Digital Collection Initiative, supported in part by a grant from the Mooseplate program and New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Additional funding provided by the E. Ruth Buxton Stephenson Memorial Fund.

Photography copyright, Astrida Schaeffer.