$2,760
Pair of Hand-knit Civil War Era Wool Socks with Flag Motifs and a Related Article, reportedly Pennsylvania, c. 1861, the socks framed with a clipped newspaper article explaining the origin of them which are reported to have been shorn, carded, spun, and knit by a young Pennsylvania woman in 1861 for her friend A.J. Arnold, mounted in a later conforming mat and frame, 19 x 21 1/4 in., overall. Provenance: Purchased from Kelter-Malce.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-10-28