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Gentleman's Stock
1795-1810

A very rare item which would have been fastened with a stock buckle at the back of the neck. 47 inches of fine soft cotton have been gathered into the width of the stock with tne  lower side open and unseamed.

Description

of fine cotton gathered into double thickness tabs, one end with two buttonholes, 18 x 6 1/2 in or 47 x 16 cm long

 

Condition

Good off white colour although a little grubby. There are some rust? marks to lower open side edge of the stock and to both sides of the wider end. Photos available.

Comments

  • Costume Journal, January 2012 p 24. Similar in National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh.
  • Colonial Williamsburg Collection Accession no. 2008-114

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