- Date
- 1933 – 1940
- Material
- hair
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0098 a-cc
- Description
- A collection of three pairs of socks handknit in Fair Isle style of multicoloured bands of geometric figures on a natural coloured background. Underside of foot in herringbone patterns of different colours. (a,aa) brown and white tweed 43.0 x 12.0, multicoloured squares and crosses on wide bands of…
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- Title
- Ski Socks
- Date
- 1933 – 1940
- Material
- hair
- Description
- A collection of three pairs of socks handknit in Fair Isle style of multicoloured bands of geometric figures on a natural coloured background. Underside of foot in herringbone patterns of different colours. (a,aa) brown and white tweed 43.0 x 12.0, multicoloured squares and crosses on wide bands of dark browns and red brown with a series of light blue squares on bands of the tweed background between. (b,bb) beige, 37.0 x 13.0, multicoloured crosses and diamonds on wide bands of different shades of blues and browns. A series of aqua triangles on beige background between bands. Seamed at back and along one side of foot. (c,cc) brown 55.0 x 13.5, yellow and light blue crosses and diamonds on wide bands of dark blue with a series of bright blue fleur de lis on the brown background between.
- Subject
- households
- sports
- skiing
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.03.0098 a-cc
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