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Purchased on the Museum Expedition of 1927, these stockings probably once belonged to Queen Victoria as they are marked with the royal cipher. Made of a very fine quality cotton knit, the workmanship and construction is extremely refined, especially the back seam which is almost invisible.
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Title: Stockings
Date: fourth quarter 19th century
Culture: British
Medium: cotton
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Museum Expedition 1927, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund and the Museum Collection Fund, 1928
Object Number: 2009.300.1687a, b
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