Name/Title
Box of "Casino" Nylon 60 socks (medias/calcetines), size 10½, brown – emptyEntry/Object ID
2025.1.372Description
Shallow rectangular box for a pair of men's nylon socks. The lid is covered in green flocked (velveteen) paper framing an inset gold foil/metallic label printed "Casino" (script) over "Nylon 60," with a shield trademark enclosing a winged foot and "TRADE MARK." The lower front edge of the box is embossed/printed "10½ MARRÓN" (size 10½; color brown). The flocking is rubbed and soiled, the foil label toned.Context
"Medias" (or calcetines) are socks. This is a packaged men's nylon dress sock — "Nylon 60" referencing the nylon type/denier, a mid-century selling point when nylon hosiery signified modernity. The winged-foot shield is a Mercury/Hermes hosiery trademark motif. The brand name "Casino" and the plush flocked-box-with-gold-foil presentation evoke pre-revolutionary Havana's casino-era consumer glamour, which (with the styling) points toward a 1950s República-era product.Collection
The Cabrera Arús family collectionClothing/Dress/Costume Details
Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume
SocksClothing Sex
MaleMade/Created
Place
Country
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaEdition
CasinoNotes
Date: circa 1950s; tentative. The "Casino" brand and flocked/gold-foil styling suggest a República-era (pre-revolutionary) product — possibly pre-1959, i.e., at or just below the lower edge of the 1959–1990 collection period. Flagged for confirmation.Label/Inscription/Signature
Notes
Lid label: "Casino" / "Nylon 60"; shield trademark with a winged foot and "TRADE MARK." Box front edge: "10½ MARRÓN" (size; color). No maker name or country mark visible.Dimensions
Dimension Description
9.5 x 5Parts
Box (cardboard, green flocked covering) with inset gold foil label.Relationships
Related Places
Place
City
HavanaCountry
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaNotes
use, acquisitionCreated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsCreate Date
March 31, 2022Updated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsUpdate Date
June 20, 2026