Stocking Collection (page 5)

A Victorian Christmas card of a boy looking at a half eaten Chistmas pudding
3603737 A Victorian Christmas card of a boy looking at a half eaten Chistmas pudding and broken plate in the snow, c.1880 (colour litho) by English School

The Bachelor Girl (b / w photo)
724528 The Bachelor Girl (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bachelor Girl)

Elves delivering Christmas gifts, Christmas Card (chromolitho)
731218 Elves delivering Christmas gifts, Christmas Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Elves delivering Christmas gifts)

Ladies Stocking and Sock, Christmas Card (chromolitho)
730677 Ladies Stocking and Sock, Christmas Card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ladies Stocking and Sock)

Assorted Victorian Christmas scenes (colour litho)
730613 Assorted Victorian Christmas scenes (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Assorted Victorian Christmas scenes. Illustrations initialled by W R)

Original Artwork - Circular Christmas Place Marker
Original Artwork - Design for a circular place marker, showing a young boy shaking little red stars from his Christmas stocking. Date: circa 1937

Original Artwork - Fold-out Christmas card
Original Artwork - Design for a fold-out Christmas card showing a little girl surprised to find a cheeky mouse has nibbled through the toe of her stocking! Date: circa 1937

Original Artwork - Folding Christmas card design
Original Artwork - Painted design for a folding childrens Christmas card featuring five teddy bears. Date: circa 1937

Happy Family gift card - Little boy and stocking
Happy Family gift card - Little boy looking into his striped Christmas stocking. Date: circa 1937

Happy Family gift card - Little girl and stocking
Happy Family gift card - Little girl and Christmas stocking. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Man trying to type a letter Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Mother and daughter discussion Date: 20th century

Santa With His List of Boys and Girls Who ve Been Naughty and Nice
3034928 Santa With His List of Boys and Girls Who ve Been Naughty and Nice, 1941 (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); (add.info)

Trades in Regency England: flannel market, copper mines and shoe-maker. Man showing rolls of flannel cloth in Welchpool 46, miners digging for copper ore in Parys Mine, Anglesea 47

Comfort to the Corns, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1800 (hand-coloured etching)
NCO190139 Comfort to the Corns, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1800 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

Layout illustrations for an article on womens underwear
CHT171316 Layout illustrations for an article on womens underwear, from La Vie Parisienne, c.1870 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet

La resistance inutile (Useless Resistance), by Fragonard, Jean Honore (1732-1806)
FIA5408875 La resistance inutile (Useless Resistance), by Fragonard, Jean Honore (1732-1806). Oil on canvas. Dimension : 45x60, 5 cm

"La modele"(The Model) Peinture de Boris Grigoriev (1886-1939
FIA5396850 " La modele" (The Model) Peinture de Boris Grigoriev (1886-1939) ca 1926 - Oil on canvas Dim 72, 7x60 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York eFineArtImage/Leemage by Grigoriev

Girl with black stockings par Schiele, Egon (1890-1918)
FIA5403875 Girl with black stockings par Schiele, Egon (1890-1918), 1911 - Gouache on paper - Private Collection by Schiele, Egon (1890-1918); Private Collection; Photo eFine Art Images; Austrian

Seated Woman with Bent Left Leg (Torso) par Schiele, Egon (1890-1918), c
FIA5403846 Seated Woman with Bent Left Leg (Torso) par Schiele, Egon (1890-1918), c. 1917 - Gouache and Pastel on paper, 43, 2x29, 9 - Private Collection by Schiele

Novelty Christmas card, featuring a rabbit in a stocking (colour litho)
6030290 Novelty Christmas card, featuring a rabbit in a stocking (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Novelty Christmas card)

Girl empties her Xmas stocking
Young girl in her red dressing gown emptying her stocking on Xmas Day. Artist: Frances Brundage Date: 1910

Plate 417. Toilet; Sitting and Putting on Stockings, 1885 (collotype on paper)
3950406 Plate 417. Toilet; Sitting and Putting on Stockings, 1885 (collotype on paper) by Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904); 17.6x43.5 cm; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover

Layout illustrations for an article on womens underwear
CHT171317 Layout illustrations for an article on womens underwear, from La Vie Parisienne, c.1870 (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet

Santa Claus or St. Nicholas, 1837 (oil on panel)
NYH154252 Santa Claus or St. Nicholas, 1837 (oil on panel) by Weir, Robert Walter (1803-89); 76.2x64.5 cm; Collection of the New-York Historical Society, USA; eNew York Historical Society; American

The Alluring Young Girl
XJL61773 The Alluring Young Girl by Romero de Torres, Julio (1880-1930); Museo Julio Romero de Torres, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain; Spanish, out of copyright

Three Women (oil on board)
CK86439 Three Women (oil on board) by Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906); 22.9x33 cm; Private Collection; Photo eCrane Kalman, London; French, out of copyright

Father Christmas, cover illustration from The Ladies Field magazine
CHT279747 Father Christmas, cover illustration from The Ladies Field magazine, Santa Claus supplement, 30th November 1901 (colour litho) by Jones, A

Dancer putting on her Stockings (bronze)
LEF219160 Dancer putting on her Stockings (bronze) by Degas, Edgar (1834-1917); height:46 cm; Private Collection; Photo eLefevre Fine Art Ltd. London; French, out of copyright

Christmas postcard, 1903 (colour litho)
498985 Christmas postcard, 1903 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; Photo eDavid Pearson; English, out of copyright

Christmas stocking greetings card (chromolitho)
731675 Christmas stocking greetings card (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas stocking greetings card)

Viper seller and stocking maker, Qing Dynasty
Viper seller and stocking maker sewing cloth stockings, Qing Dynasty. The viper seller carries a bucket of live vipers and a basket with a jar of medicinal snake broth

Sir Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland, c. 1675 (oil on canvas)
465966 Sir Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland, c.1675 (oil on canvas) by Eyden, Jeremias van der (d.1697); Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, UK; (add.info.: Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland)

Christmas presents
Edwardian Christmas card showing children in cot looking at Christmas stocking filled with toys. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: circa 1904

A die-cut Xmas Card of Father Christmas holding stockings with a kitten and puppy in them
3604365 A die-cut Xmas Card of Father Christmas holding stockings with a kitten and puppy in them, his costume covered with red flocking, circa 1910 (coloured lithograph) by English School

A Victorian Paper Scrap Relief of a young boy taking toys out of a Christmas stocking, c
3605421 A Victorian Paper Scrap Relief of a young boy taking toys out of a Christmas stocking, c.1880 (colour litho) by English School

Woman covered by an ink blot (colour litho)
3093967 Woman covered by an ink blot (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman covered by an ink blot)

Clocked stocking 1910
Woman wearing the latest way of wearing a watch around her ankle! 1910

Santa Claus with presents on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1950s

The Laplanders at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster (engraving)
1589743 The Laplanders at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster (engraving) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Laplanders at the Royal Aquarium)

Postcard booklet, workers cutting sugar cane, USA
Postcard booklet, workers cutting, shocking and stocking in the sugar cane fields, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937

Advert for Wolsey stockings 1928
Pure silk stockings. Date: 1928

Father Christmas and Xmas stockings
Father Christmas about to fill the stockings hanging in the fireplace with presents Date: 19th century

Stocking manufacturers, Romanis, at Cheapside and then at Leadenhall Street, trade card (engraving)
984002 Stocking manufacturers, Romanis, at Cheapside and then at Leadenhall Street, trade card (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stocking manufacturers)

A Victorian die-cut Christmas card in the shape of a Christmas Stocking
3604463 A Victorian die-cut Christmas card in the shape of a Christmas Stocking, when a cord is pulled, money and banknotes appear, circa 1880 (coloured lithograph) by English School

A Victorian Christmas card of four fairies bringing a sleeping child presents, c
3604262 A Victorian Christmas card of four fairies bringing a sleeping child presents, c.1880 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; Photo eDavid Pearson; English

Knitting Monk (oil on canvas)
AKV406793 Knitting Monk (oil on canvas) by Spitzweg, Carl (1808-85); Private Collection; (add.info.: Strickender Monch; Moench; ); eAckermann Kunstverlag; German, out of copyright

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"Stepping up the style game with stockings: a journey through fashion and art. " Step into the world of higher education, where students rocked n' rolled in their vibrant stockings, adding flair to their dance moves. Turnbull & Asser khaki puttees advertisement takes us back to an era when stylish stockings were a must-have for both men and women. (Picture No. 12480072) Traveling further back in time, we encounter the leggy secretary of the 1920s, who exuded confidence and sophistication with her fashionable stockings. David Wright's artwork "Show a Leg" and "It sounds good to me" capture the allure of stockings as they adorned glamorous women during this golden age. Transporting ourselves even earlier, we delve into vintage photographs showcasing the elegance of 1920s stockings that added charm to every outfit. Muriel Dawson's masterpiece "Looking Up the Chimney" reminds us how stocking-clad legs could captivate attention even in unexpected settings. David Wright's painting "The Siren" portrays how these alluring hosiery items became synonymous with seduction and femininity throughout history. From French boudoirs to naval uniforms, William Barribal's artwork "To The Girls in Navy Blue" showcases how stockings played a role in enhancing feminine beauty across various contexts. Intriguingly versatile yet timeless, stocking trends have evolved but continue to be an iconic symbol of fashion expression throughout generations.