Item 2020.10 - Pair of Silk Socks

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2020.10

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Pair of Silk Socks

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  • nd [1900-1920] (Creation)

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2 (pair of socks)

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Designer unknown

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Westminster Menswear Archive

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Pair of socks made of finely knitted cream silk. They have decorative clocks on each side and long ribbing sections at the top. The toes, heels and foot of the socks are shaped through the knitting. They have been darned and mended with a patch on the inside of one of the toes.

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      Materials: silk
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      Foot length 12 inches
      Length 14 inches

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