Very Misc. Clockwork stockings

[Mark Kohut]

Further research shows that sometimes a clock is not a clock:

"For a better fit, a wedge (known as clock) was inserted where the slits are drawn into the larger part, going up well above the ankle. The clocks were often of a different colour from the rest of the stocking and decorated with embroidery."


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From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
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Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 9:26 AM
Subject: Very Misc. Clockwork stockings

Very serendipitously I have learned that many women's stockings in
the 18th--19th Centuries had clocks on them--originally to cover seams, it seems,
but then for decorative show..........
 
"You, sir, are only interested in the clocks on stockings"---from a play
 
Never caught on much in America.