Stocking

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Stocking

Entry/Object ID

1958.1.1181ab

Description

Pair of knitted silk stockings. The legs flare outward slightly toward the top, and the top edges role down slightly. The heels are separately knitted and pieced in.

Context

Made by Sarah Augusta Hager in Reading, Vermont from silk from her own worms.

Acquisition

Accession

1958.1

Source or Donor

Rugg, Harold Goddard (1883-1957)

Acquisition Method

Bequest

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Stockings

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Knit

Material

Silk

Made/Created

Artist

Hager, Sarah Augusta Goddard (1828-1910)

Time Period

19th Century

Place

Town

Reading

County

Windsor County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Stocking

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Hosiery

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Footwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects