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18th Century Material Culture

Stockings


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WoolStockings


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Detail - Back of Knitted StockingLate 16th - Early 17th Century

(Nationalmuseet. Copenhagen)


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English Knitted Wool Boot Hose Stockings for Jack Boots

c. 1640(Victoria & Albert Museum)


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Woolen Stocking and Garter c. 1740


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English Wool Stocking Recovered from the H.M.S. Invinsible Sunk in 1758

c. 1758(The Historic Dockyard - Chatham)


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English Wool Stocking Recovered from the H.M.S. Invinsible Sunk in 1758



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English Stocking Recovered from the H.M.S. Invinsible Sunk in 1758



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English Ball of Darning Wool Found Near the Stocking Recovered from the H.M.S. Invinsible Sunk in 1758



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Swedish Wool Strumpa (Stocking)c. 1765 - 1779

(Armémuseum)


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Swedish Wool Strumpa (Stocking)c. 1765 - 1779

(Armémuseum)


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Wool Stocking Knit by “Sarah Benjamin, a Nurse during the Revolutionary War”

c. 1776(DAR Museum)


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English Wool Stocking Recovered from the Wreck of the General Carlton of Whitby Sunk in 1785

c. 1785(Polish Maritime Museum - Research Matthew Brenckle)


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English Wool Stockings Recovered from the Wreck of the General Carlton of Whitby Sunk in 1785



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English Wool Stockings Recovered from the Wreck of the General Carlton of Whitby Sunk in 1785



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English Wool Stocking Recovered from the Wreck of the H.M.S. Debraak Sunk of the Delaware Coast in 1798

c. 1798(Delaware Archeological Collections, Dover, Delaware)


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French Wool Stockings Recovered from the Wreck of the Machault Sunk in the Battle of Restigouche, Bay of Gaspé, Quebec Province

c. 1760(Parks Canada)


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SilkStockings


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Silk Stocking from the Estate of the Elector August of Saxonyc. 1526 - 1586


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Hand Knit Boy’s Stockings Embroidered with Gold & Silver Threadsc. 1600 - 1620

(Nottingham City Museums & Galleries)


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Hand Knit Boy’s Silk Stocking with Gold & Silver ThreadsLate 16th - Early 17th Century


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Hand Knit Green Silk Stocking Embroidered with Silver ThreadsMid 17th Century


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Embroidered Silk StockingsMid 17th Century


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Embroidered Silk Stockings

Mid 17th Century


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A Pair of Clocked Silk Stockings

Late 17th Century(Bata Shoe Museum Toronto)


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English Hand Knit Silk Doll’s Stockings

c, 1690 - 1700(Victoria & Albert Museum)


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European Knitted Silk Clocked Stockingc. 1650 - 1750

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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English Clocked Silk Stockings with Metallic Thread Embroidery

c. 1700 - 1725(Los Angeles County Museum of Art)


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A Pair of English Silk Clocked Stockings

c. 1700(Leicester City Museums Service)


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Clocked Silk Stockings

c. 1720


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Machine Knit Hand Embroidered Silk Stockings

c. 1725 - 1750


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Spanish Clocked Silk Stocking

c. 1700 - 1750(Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire)


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English Machine Knit Clocked Silk Stocking

c. 1720(Fashion Museum, Bath and North East Somerset Council / The Bridgeman Art Library)


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A Pair of Clocked Silk Stockings & Woman’s Shoes

18th Century(Bata Shoe Museum Toronto)


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Clocked Silk Stocking

c. Mid 18th Century(Shoe Icons)


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The Stockings of Mrs. George Gray

Machine Knit Coral Silk made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania c. 1750(Philadelphia Museum of Art)


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European Clocked Silk Stockingsc. 1750

(Private Collection - Photograph Courtesy Karen Augusta Auctions)


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English Frame Knitted Clocked Silk Stockings

c. 1750(Colonial Williamsburg)


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English Frame Knitted Clocked Silk Stockingsc. 1750

(Colonial Williamsburg)


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English Frame Knitted Clocked Silk Stockings18th Century



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Knitted Silk Clocked Stockings

c. 1730 - 1789(Victoria & Albert)


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Silk Laced Stockings that Belonged to Madame PompadourMid 18th Century

(German Hosiery Museum)


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English or French Knitted Silk Clocked Stocking

c. 1750 - 1770(Victoria & Albert)


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European White Knitted Clocked Silk Stockingc. 1750 - 1800



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Machine Knit Hand Embroidered Silk Stockings

18th Century


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Machine Knit Embroidered Silk Stockings18th Century

(The National Trust -Killerton Costume Collection)


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Machine Knit Embroidered Silk Stockings18th Century

(The National Trust -Killerton Costume Collection)


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Coral Silk Stockings

c. 1725 - 1750(Meg Andrews)


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A Pair of French Silk Clocked StockingsLate 18th Century

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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A Pair of English Silk Clocked Stockings18th Century

(Leicester City Museums Service)


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A Pair of English Silk Stockings “Taken from the Prize Ship Hannah” Captured by Captain Dudley Saltonstall of the Privateer Minerva 1781”

(Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium)


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Linen Stocking Embroidered with Silk c. 1660 - 1670

(Victoria & Albert)


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Linen Stocking Embroidered with Silk c. 1660 - 1670

(Victoria & Albert)


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English Cut and Sewn Linen StockingsLate 18th Century



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English Linen & Silk Clocked Stockingsc. 1750



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Linen & Silk Stockings from Pennsylvania Hand Knitted by Catherine Jansen Wistar (1703 - 1786)c. 1782



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CottonStockings


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English Frame Knitted Cotton and Silk StockingsUsed in Lexington, Massachusetts in the Late 18th Century



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American or European Embroidered Cotton StockingsLate 18th Century

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)


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FootlessStockings


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“The MODERN BEAU in DISTRESS”

(Yale Center for British Art)


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“The MODERN BEAU in DISTRESS”

(Yale Center for British Art)


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French Knit Silk Stockings Made into SleevesLate 18th Century



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Children’sStockings


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Italian Infant’s Silk Embroidered Stockingsc. 1650 - 1750



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Italian Infant’s Silk Embroidered Stockingsc. 1650 - 1750



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Italian Child’s Cotton & Silk Embroidered Stockingsc. 1650 - 1750



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Size Comparison of the Italian Stockings Located in the Museum of Fine Arts, Bostonc. 1650 - 1750



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TradeCards


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Darning Stockings


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“Stockings mended”by Hugh Douglas Hamilton c. 1760

(Private Collection)


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Darning Sampler1716

(Winterthur)


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Darning Sampler - Detail of Blue Silk on Linen1716

(Winterthur)


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Darning Samplerby Jane Brady of the Quaker Ackworth School 1785

(Fitzwilliam Museum)


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HistoricallySignificant Stockings

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ySignificant Stockings

While this pair of Stockings dates slightly later than thetime period normally depicted by the 18th CenturyMaterial Culture Resource Center, their historicalsignificance is such that we felt they should be included inthis presentation.


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The Cotton and Silk Stockings Worn by Admiral Horatio Nelson when He Was Killed at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October, 1805Likely Soaked with the Blood of Nelson’s Secretary, John Scott, Who was Killed by a Cannonball Earlier that Day

(National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Greenwich Hospital Collection)


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Ackno ledgements


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Acknowledgements

The Stockings illustrated from the wreck of the General Carleton were takenfrom the work “The General Carleton Shipwreck 1785”, Archeological Researchof the Polish Maritime Museum. This incredible work was written and compiledby our good friend, Mathew Brenckle, and his colleagues.

Acknowledgements


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Acknowledgements

The material contained within these slideshows is presented for educational purposes only. The18th Century Material Culture Resource Center does not personally own any of the itemsdepicted herein and is indebted to the countless museums, libraries, and private collectors who

willingly share their collections with the public through the internet. Every attempt has beenmade to credit these organizations and individuals for their contributions as best as possible.

If there is a question you have regarding a particular item featured within a presentation, pleasecontact the 18th Century Material Culture Resource Center and we will try to answer yourinquiry as best as possible. If for any reason you feel there is any item that should not bepresented here, or if there is an error in any listing, or if you know the source for any item whose

credit is unknown, please inform us and we will make sure your concern is addressed as soon aspossible.

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