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Maker(s):Nathaniel Robinson Spinning Factory
Culture:American
Title:stockings
Date Made:1820
Type:Clothing
Materials:textile: bleached (white) knitted cotton
Place Made:United States; Vermont; Pawlet
Accession Number:  HD 2001.9.5
Credit Line:Hall and Kate Peterson Fund for Minor Antiques
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Pair of knitted cotton stockings. In 1820 Nathaniel Robinson (1783-1864) established a factory in Pawlet (Rutland County), Vermont for the mechanized spinning of cotton fibers into yarn suitable for knitting and weaving. These stockings, along with a pair of gloves (2001.9.4), are thought to be the first items woven with yarn spun from the factory, a testament the new republic's self-sufficiency.

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