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Jean-Baptiste Greuze French, 1725 - 1805
Credit Line: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
A Spicy Yarn by Elvgren 1952
The sock knitter 1915
COSSINGTON SMITH, Grace
Australia 1892 – Australia 1984 UK, Europe 1912-14; UK, Italy 1949-51
oil on canvas 61.6 (h) x 50.7 (w) cm framed 73.7 (h) x 63.0 (w) x 4.4 (d) cm Art Gallery of New South Wales Purchased 1960 © Art Gallery New South Wales
Photo by Thomas Weir.
From “High Adventure in the Himalayas,” National Geographic, August, 1952.
A Barefoot Grandmother Spins Wool at Milam
She pulls the raw wool into a rough strand, carefully paying it out to the whirling bobbin. Gnarled toes power a treadle turning the bobbin and winding the yarn. Most Indian hill people spin by hand.
Photo by Thomas Weir.
From “High Adventure in the Himalayas,” National Geographic, August, 1952.
Zungia Models His Handiwork, a Wool Sweater
This Dotial porter fashioned the yarn with a hand spindle while carrying his pack. Using homemade needles, he knitted by campfire light and completed three sweaters. Though elderly, Zungia proved to be the ablest porter.
late 19th century knitted bonnet. MFA Boston
Child's mitten. American. 19th c. MFA Boston
Knitted cap for a child. Bolivia. MFA Boston.
Early 19th c beaded knit purse. MFA Boston. The beads would be carefully loaded onto the silk thread in pattern order. One mistake could ruin the final image and would be very difficult and time consuming to undo.
Early 19th c beaded knit purse. MFA Boston
Knitted lace man's night cap made of linen thread. 18th c. MFA Boston.
17th century knitted gloves. Spain? MFA Boston.
Black silk and silver thread knitted gloves. Spain. 16th c?
Early 1800s knit dress. National Museum of Denmark.
Amazing post on Russian distaffs (distaves?). Some are painted, some are carved and pierced. In Russian.
"Probably Italian." Knit cap from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. How did they do those bullion stitches? I'm guessing it's machine made, but still.
"Rose Bud" drawstring bag. Green silk knit with appliquéd pink, salmon, ecru roses and yellow-green, green, dark green leaves. Green cord drawstring. Italian or French, 1820–60. At the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
