Stockings

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art