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White cotton stocking with openwork knitted and embroidered geometric decoration on the heel and instep
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White cotton stocking with openwork knitted and embroidered geometric decoration on the heel and instep

anonymous · c. 1800 - c. 1900 · embroidering; drawn thread work; knitting; cotton (textile)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Pair of stockings of white cotton. Knitted decoration from the instep to halfway the shin, 'pattes'. Pattern of alternating transverse bands with rhombuses and stretched hexagons and ending in a row of small fir trees. Knitted mark B and embroidered marks MP.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
clothingkous
Credit lineKous van witte katoen, met ajour gebreide en geborduurde geometrische versiering van klink en wreef. c. 1800 - c. 1900. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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