A pair of purple silk stockings with an openwork panel across the foot and lower leg, with PARIS..., 112... worked in the top of each stocking; another pair similar of gold coloured silk, embellished with self-coloured clocks and floral embroidery; four other pairs, two of ivory, one of lilac and one of pale pink, all circa 1900; and a stole (7)

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A pair of purple silk stockings with an openwork panel across the foot and lower leg, with PARIS..., 112... worked in the top of each stocking; another pair similar of gold coloured silk, embellished with self-coloured clocks and floral embroidery; four other pairs, two of ivory, one of lilac and one of pale pink, all circa 1900; and a stole (7)
Provenance
Said to have belonged to Queen Alexandra

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