sock

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Artist/Maker:
Geography:
Egypt; India
Culture:
Islamic
Materials:
cotton
Collection:
The Textile Museum Collection
Accession Number:
73.698
Credit Line:
Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1953
Date:
12th century
Copyright:
Public domain
Object Type:
Textile
Dimensions:
52.00 L x 20.00 W cm (20 15/32 L x 7 7/8 W in)
Structure:
interlooping
Used in:
garment
Bibliography:
Nancy Bush (Author), Folk Socks: The History & Techniques of Handknitted Footwear, Interweave Press, Loveland, CO, 1994, p. 13
Ann P. Rowe (Author), "Looping and Knitting, A History", The Textile Museum Bulletin, The Textile Museum Bulletin, Washington, D.C., 1996, Fall ed., p. 12
Ebba D. Drolshagen (Author), Zwei Rechts, Zwei Links: Geschichten vom Stricken, Suhrkamp, Berlin, Germany, 2017, p. 24
Louisa Bellinger (Author), Patterned Stockings: Possibly Indian, Found in Egypt, Textile Museum Workshop Notes, Washington, D.C., 1954, no. 10, pl. 1
Lela Nargi (Author), Knitting Around the World: A Multistranded History of a Time-Honored Tradition, Voyageur Press, Minneapolis, MN, 2011, p. 13
Chris Laning (Author), "Islamic Stockings", PieceWork Magazine, Interweave Press, Loveland, CO, 2011
Sara Wolf (Author) and Josefin Waltin (Author), Knit (Spin) Sweden, Cooperative Press, Cleveland, OH, December 2020
Contributors (Author), "Sock", Wikipedia, Wikipedia
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Exhibition History:
Looping and Knitting, A History, The Textile Museum, Washington DC, February 07, 1997 - July 27, 1997
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