Artifact: Boot Hose
Materials: Tabby Linen
Dimensions: OL approx. 39"; Foot approx. 11"; Thigh 25" circum.
Date: ca. 1800
Origin: England
Collection: Image Courtesy of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
License: All rights reserved
Ledger Entry: Hose
Department: Clothing
Customer: Captain George Mercer
Ledger Page: 344
Imported From: Most of the clothing accessories sold in the Ramsay store would have been imported from England.
Product Description
Hose were the undergarment leg-wear used by men, women, and children in colonial America. Most hose were made of bias-cut and seamed fabric and, given the limited elasticity of available materials, they required garters to fasten them to the leg.
Citation: "Stockings and Hose." In The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Oxford University Press, 2010.;
Historical Price: ; Modern USD: $
Product Variations
The databases record sixty purchases of hose. They were sold in mens, womens, and girls sizes. Their materials include worsted, thread, pladding, cotton, and silk. Their colors included black, white, green, and scarlet. Their prices ranged from fourteen shillings for pladding hose to twenty-two shillings six pence for black silk hose.
