Beige Worsted Stockings

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/d62bc8572fa09d4a0326675cdc8aa020

Title

Beige Worsted Stockings

Creator

Sheldon, Asenath Butler

Date

1819

Description

Worsted stockings knit in stockingknit stitch, beige in color, very good condtion, blue cross-stitched "E" at the top of back of the stocking; knitted patch is at the back of each heel; note was included "Worsted stockings spun and knit by my grandmother, Asenath Butler Sheldon, for my father, Eleazar Sheldon, before the year of his marriage in 1819. Dorliska E. Sheldon;" notice the knit patch
- Note was included "Worsted stockings spun and knit by my grandmother, Asenath Butler Sheldon, for my father, Eleazar Sheldon, before the year of his marriage in 1819. Dorliska E. Sheldon

Subject

Textiles--History
Clothing and dress

Source

Indiana Memory

Relation

http://indiamond6.ulib.iupui.edu/utils/getthumbnail/collection/CPClothing/id/945

Type

image

References

http://indiamond6.ulib.iupui.edu/cdm/ref/collection/CPClothing/id/945

Citation

Sheldon, Asenath Butler, “Beige Worsted Stockings,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed July 31, 2026, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/6559.

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