Long stocking with sole

sock

CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES - FOOTWEAR
China
19th century
fabric; silk
overall: 22 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.

Long sock or stocking (one of pair with 2003.90.23); pale blue silk with reinforced, quilted beige sole. Top of sock curves upward toward the front; one ribbon attached on each side of the top edge of sock. Inside of sock is lined, and stamped with three Chinese characters in vertical arrangement.

2003.90.22