European Ornamental Holiday Stocking

Deep wine red with a gleaming oval patch on the foot and a curtain of beaded fringe.

This is an ornamental holiday stocking. It is embroidered fabric. Embroidery is the decoration of cloth with a needle and thread, and it has been used on festive textiles in Europe for centuries. Rich burgundy stocking with a lightly slubbed surface. A long fall of pale looped fringe hangs from a cream cuff band, and a small oval ring of braid is sewn near the heel. A pale loop is attached at the top. It is 4 inches wide and 6 long.

Monogram-sized ambition, hanging from a very elegant cuff.