Pair of Linen Stockings
Unknown American, American
1796
Knit linen
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Professor John Hiram Gerould, Class of 1890
45.20.17645
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Clothing: Footwear
Research Area
Textiles and Costumes
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marked: CL (Calvin Locke)
Provenance
Knit by Lucretia Locke Kingsbury (1756-1843) [wife of Rev. Bengamin Kingsbury, 1742-1827] for her younger brother Calvin Locke (1765-1843) of Sullivan, New Hampshire for his wedding February 25, 1796 to Sarah Jewett (1767-1834) of Rindge, New Hampshire.
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