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(For
the purposes of this particular listing, stockings are described
as long and end above the knee. Socks are short, ending between
the knee and ankle.) |
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| 1856 |
Violet
dye was discovered--it soon became the favorite color for stockings
and petticoats among "real people". |
| Early
1860's |
Baby
dolls wore combination crocheted or knitted booties, very often
the uppers ("socks" part) in white and lower ("slipper"
part) in blue. |
| 1862 |
New
patent for stocking design--seam and stocking woven simultaneously |
| 1863-1864 |
Circular
striped stockings became a special item. |
| 1865-1878 |
Striped
stockings, assorted colors, made of cotton or silk. Open work,
white cotton. For girl dolls, plain white stockings predominated,
but circular stripes were also used. |
| 1870's |
A
china head doll had stockings of pale blue with floral design
embroidered in gray thread down the front. Girl dolls of the
1870's wore white knit cotton ribbed stockings to above the
knee with pink band around the top. Another stocking was of
tan knit cotton with two wide red and black circular bands,
extending above and under drawers knee bands. |
| 1870 |
Colorful
horizontally striped hosiery became popular for "real people". |
| 1870's |
Stockings
matched evening gowns, and for day wear, petticoats. Purple
and red were the colors in vogue. |
| 1870-1880 |
On
the other hand, one source says stockings were mostly white.
For lady dolls stockings were mostly white. |
| 1878-1889 |
Colored
stockings were more prevalent than plain white. For girl dolls,
circular striped stockings were more common than white or solid
color ones. Red and tan were often used. |
| 1878-1889 |
Dollies
wore colored stockings, and horizontal stripes for French child
dolls were more prevalent than white. |
| 1880's |
Real
people wore mostly cotton knit stockings, but the ultimate was
silk. |
| 1881 |
The
Delineator showed doll stockings of almost any color
to be fashionable. Sometimes they had clocking on the sides.
French dolls also wore stockings in lace designs. Lady
dolls of the 80's often had white or unbleached stockings. |
| 1880-1890 |
Silk
stockings came in horizontal or vertical stripes, and in pink,
turquoise and blue. They could be plain or elaborately embroidered
and often had designs up the ankle, called clocks, in contrasting
colors. Little boys often wore bright colored stockings--red
was a favorite color. For everyday use, black or brown stockings
were used. At the end of the decade, knit socks appeared on
dolls. ( Mildred Seeley says clocking was only
for lady dolls, but it doesn't seem quite that limited to me.) |
| 1881 |
Dolls
were seen with blue and white striped woolen stockings. Blue
and pink very desirable colors, some with embroidered clocking
up the sides. |
| 1885-1886 |
A
Jumeau had lace stockings and velveteen slippers with bright
buckles. |
| 1889 |
Steiner
had knee-length crocheted red wool stockings with scalloped
tops. |
| 1889-1890 |
Socks
were low, mostly plaid (on white background). |
| 1890-1900 |
Stockings
in the 1890's were often black and made of cotton, silk or lisle.
For dressy occasions, stockings matched a dress or shoes. Fancy
striped stockings, decorated with clocks, were used for dress.
Some were embroidered. Shear stockings were popular with ladies
by the late 1890's. |
| 1890's |
With
real people color disappeared and black cotton or silk stockings
were in vogue. Black net was popular. |
| 1890's |
For
dollies, striped stockings went out, black came in. Lady dolls
wore black, white, or unbleached stockings. French children
dolls wore stockings or socks in colors, white, ivory, or black.
Children
dolls most often wore shoes or one-strap slippers with socks. Usually
black stockings were worn with black or bronze shoes or dark
boots. But as always, all sorts of colors were worn.
|
| 1890 |
An
E.J. had white filet socks. Another E.J. had many stockings:
white and maroon circular stripe cotton; magenta silk with lacy
uppers; pink wool; white wool with circular lavender stripes;
white wool with pink and blue circular stripes. A Jumeau had
socks of cream mesh and a Bru doll had one pair of lacy pink
while another pair was knitted. An F.G. dressed as girl of 1890's
wore blue knit cotton filet socks. (Worn with blue kid slippers
with single strap, tied with blue cord. The slippers had two
slits cut from toe area.) A doll had white lace stockings
with seven blue circular stripes on white woven ground on the
upper part. They extended to the knees. Another had black lace
stockings. Stockings were in pink, blue and cardinal. |
| 1890-1900 |
Girl
dolls: As many black stockings were worn (many machine knit
of cotton) as white and colored combined. Circular stripes had
almost vanished. |
| 1891 |
For
lady dolls, black silk stockings became the rage. |
| 1893 |
Blue
hose with bronzed shoes was popular. A Kestner had black stockings
while a Jumeau wore tan stockings with vertical stripes. |
| 1900-1920 |
All
through this period children wore black, white and tan stockings.
Socks, both short and mid-calf, were more colorful. |
|
1901
|
A
French catalog shows several bébés with dark filet
stockings and dark shoes. |
| 1900-1908 |
Stockings
with circular stripes and patterns were again showing up. |
| 1908-1915 |
Scotch
plaid is seen. On German dolls, machine knit stockings
in assorted colors and black were popular. |
| 1910 |
Red
and white circular stripes with black feet were shown. |
| 1912 |
Black
circular stripes on white cotton are seen again (Jumeau dolls
were still being produced). Black stockings and slippers
were used as well as silk stockings in white or champagne. The
Little Rosebud doll had dark stockings. Girl
dolls used mostly white or pastel socks, but some had stockings
with circular stripes. |
