The interesting illustration above is from 1906, showing new styles of shoes with embroidered stockings "to match." It's amazing to think the ladies would have bothered with such nicely decorated stockings, since the long flowing skirts of the day would have tended to cover these designs completely!
But then again, great-grandma wasn't dropped off by a stork. Maybe these fancy tights weren't intended for just anyone to view, but were meant instead for husbands and special-someones. It's maybe possible that they could have been used for beach wear, too (since it wasn't till the 1920s that the idea of going bare-legged even to swim became socially acceptable.) I'm of course speculating -- these mysterious tights may never divulge their mysteries to us moderns!
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