Stocking
Wolsey
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wool
Measurements
800 x 90 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 745120.1
Summary
One of a pair of black machine knitted wool stockings 'YOUNG WOLSEY DOUBLE SEAMED HEEL, SPLICED ANKLE AND KNEE AND FOLD BOTANY WOOL, UNSHRINKABLE, MADE IN ENGLAND', yellow, worn, lettering on feet, unused, tied together.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.
Marks and inscriptions
YOUNG WOLESY DOUBLE SEAMED HEEL, SPLICED ANKLE AND KNEE AND FOLD BOTANY WOOL, UNSHRINKABLE, MADE IN ENGLAND (lettering on feet)
Makers and roles
Wolsey , manufacturer