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Ski Sweater

1954-1955 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Man's skiing sweater of machine-knitted wool. With long sleeves, boat neck, and cut and sewn from a stocking-stitch knitted length of fabric. Hemmed neck, cuffs and lower edge. With an all-over traditional Scandinavian pattern in bands of diamond and zig-zag shapes. Colours are black, maroon, green, tan and pink.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Machine-knitted wool
Brief description
Man's skiing sweater of machine-knitted wool, Denmark, 1954-1955
Physical description
Man's skiing sweater of machine-knitted wool. With long sleeves, boat neck, and cut and sewn from a stocking-stitch knitted length of fabric. Hemmed neck, cuffs and lower edge. With an all-over traditional Scandinavian pattern in bands of diamond and zig-zag shapes. Colours are black, maroon, green, tan and pink.
Dimensions
  • Chest circumference: 49in
  • Chest circumference: 123cm
Gallery label
SKI SWEATER Machine-knitted wool Danish: late 1950s This fashionable sports sweater, with long sleeves and boat neck, is cut and sewn from a length of fabric knitted in stocking stitch. The neck, cuffs and lower edge are hemmed. The all over patterning in bands of diamond and zig zag shapes is traditionally Scandinavian. Given by Anthony Powell T.344-1979(1985)
Credit line
Given by Anthony Powell
Collection
Accession number
T.344-1979

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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