Natural White Wool Stockings

$36.00

Made in the USA

 

These smooth machine knit creamy white wool stockings will keep your feet warm and comfortable. The book Cloth and Costume determined that white was likely the most common color of stocking. Cited in Wives, Slaves, and Servant Girls The Pennsylvania Gazette of 1775 “Run away . . .  three Dutch servants; two . . .  man and wife . . .  the first . . .  had on . . .  white yarn stockings . . .  his wife . . .  had on . . .  white yarn stockings . . .  The other . . .  is a Butcher by trade . . .  had on, and took with him . . .  one pair of white yarn stockings”. These stockings are 99% wool with 1% nylon at the top to help hold them up & have a seam woven into the back.

146 in stock

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