Objectnummer
97/38/3
Beschrijving
These are seven pairs of men's long socks of various colours and designs.The two pairs are machine knitted and the five pairs are probably hand knitted. This is a pair of grey-green socks with rib top. They are in good condition. There is also a label with the price 9/6. They appear to be hand knitted.
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>Men's long socks, twentieth centuryThese two pairs of men's socks come from a wider collection that contains both machine-knitted and hand-knitted examples. They are representative of a type of garment commonly worn by farmers during the first half of the twentieth century and that are still worn by many rural people to this day.MERL 97/38/3, MERL 97/38/5[Although this label was never actually displayed the actual objects were used to dress a large display case]</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
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