European Ornamental Holiday Stocking

Coral figures dance across cream, drawn in a fast, loose brush.

This is an ornamental holiday stocking in Fortuny fabric. Mariano Fortuny was a Spanish-born designer who worked in Venice in the early twentieth century and became known for his printed textiles. A small stocking printed in bright coral on a cream ground, with abstract shapes that read as figures and sprigs. A narrow gold braid runs along the cuff. The toe is short and rounded, with a thin brown loop at the top. It is 4 inches wide and 6 long.

Lively little scribbles that never ask permission.