Genevieve de Valois

Genevieve loves to travel Europe and sample all of the latest in court fashions. She is accomplished in embroidery, lacemaking, and cooking fine dishes. Researching and writing about the arts and sciences is also one of her pursuits.

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More Hose For Your Consideration

I stumbled across a few more cool extant examples of period hose/stockings and thought I’d post them here. Enjoy! Most of these came from one site: http://www.kostym.cz/Anglicky/obsah.htm This place is AWESOME!

12th c hose of st desiderius

knitted tights embroidered for a young boy 1600

machine knit stockings about 1600

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One Response to “More Hose For Your Consideration”

1. Admin says:

   October 30, 2009 at 3:17 pm

   These are fascinating to me. I’ve enjoyed the variety.

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