White Cotton Stockings
Pair of stockings knitted in white cotton on the stocking frame.
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Art work details
- Year of production:
- 1790
- Maker:
- Labelled 'I'
- Place:
- Nottingham
- Materials:
- cotton
- Measurements:
- Overall length 70 cm, foot length 26.5 cm
- Tags:
- Nottingham, cotton
The barely visible decoration at the ankles is done by transfer stitches. According to a label of 1851 they are "5 thread, 34 gauge hose, made in the year 1790, cotton spun by Sir R Arkwright."
Sir Richard Arkwright (1732 - 1792) invented a spinning machine which used rollers. He built a factory in Nottingham but later moved to Cromford, Derbyshire. Marked 'I' below welt. One of a collection of historic stockings exhibited by J R Allen of Allen & Solly at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and the International Exhibition in 1862.
ID Number: NCM 1985-770/2
