Pair of doll's stockings - Place of origin: London, England
(made) - Materials and Techniques: - Credit Line: Purchased by
public subscription - Museum number: - Gallery location: British
Galleries, room 54b, case 3 These stockings were made for a
doll, known as Lady Clapham, that is thought to have belonged to
the Cockerell family, descendants of the diarist Samuel Pepys
(1633-1703). The daughter of Pepys's nephew John Jackson (the
son of his sister Pauline) married a Cockerell, who had a family
home in Clapham, south London. Designs & Designing Lady Clapham
offers a fine example of both formal and informal dress for a
wealthy woman in the 1690s (Museum nos. T.846&A to Y-1974). Her
formal outfit includes a mantua (gown) and petticoat, while her
informal dress is represented by the nightgown (a dressing gown
rather than a garment worn to bed) and petticoat. Accessories
such as the stockings, cap and chemise (a body garment) are very
valuable since very few items from such an early period survive
in museum col