Carpet
1781 (made)
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To gain full membership of the Hand-Knitters' Guild of Strasbourg, journeymen knitters had to produce masterpieces including a cap, a woollen jacket, a pair of gloves with fingers, and a wallhanging patterned with flowers, like this one. This carpet or hanging is of multi-coloured stocking stitch made on needles, or possibly a peg frame. We do not know who made it. Adam and Eve appear beneath a central panel depicting Jacob's Dream, from the Old Testament, with the inscription "hilfe wirt gott ferner schicken meinen feinden zum verdus" : God will continue to send help in despite of mine enemies.
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| Materials and techniques | Knitted wool. Appearance is consistent with use of both intarsia and stranded colour work techniues. It is possible the work was knitted in the round and then steeked (cut into a flat piece of knitting).
During conservation in 2023 small pieces of linen were found to be machine stitched to the top edge, possibly an old hanging system. These were timmed down and the blue edging applied. There it can be stated that the blue edging is not original to the object and likely dates from the latter 19th century, due to the drastic colour fading present. |
| Brief description | Carpet of knitted wool, Strasbourg, 1781 |
| Physical description | Carpet of hand knitted wool. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'hilfe wirt gott ferner schicken meinen feinden zum verdus' (Inscription on carpet)
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| Credit line | Given by Eric Pasold |
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| Summary | To gain full membership of the Hand-Knitters' Guild of Strasbourg, journeymen knitters had to produce masterpieces including a cap, a woollen jacket, a pair of gloves with fingers, and a wallhanging patterned with flowers, like this one. This carpet or hanging is of multi-coloured stocking stitch made on needles, or possibly a peg frame. We do not know who made it. Adam and Eve appear beneath a central panel depicting Jacob's Dream, from the Old Testament, with the inscription "hilfe wirt gott ferner schicken meinen feinden zum verdus" : God will continue to send help in despite of mine enemies. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hinchcliffe, Frances (ed.), Knit One, Purl One : Historic and Contemporary Knitting from the V&A's Collection. V&A, London, 1985
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| Accession number | T.375-1977 |
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| Record created | July 11, 2003 |
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