Cartography in Contemporary Art

Sock

Item

Title

Sock

Description

Earliest example of double-needle knitting. Made in North Africa during Islamic rule as assumed from the indigo and white designs that echo color combinations found in most islamic ceramics of the time. The sock was most likely worked from toe to top with difference in needle size accounting for the change in gauge. 

Creator

Unknown Egyptian

Date

12-13th century

Coverage

Old Cairo (quarter)

Type

Sock See all items with this value

Format

Plain stitch

Medium

cotton (fiber)

Subject

Socks See all items with this value

Egypt, Ancient See all items with this value

Coptic textile fabrics See all items with this value

Provenance

Joseph Abemayor, Cairo, until 1927; sold to H.E. Winlock for MMA

Rights Holder

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Photograph and Slide Library

Identifier

27.170.95

Access Rights

Public domain

Item sets

Charlotte's Item Set

Media

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