Sock

Item

Title
Sock See all items with this value
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.  See all items with this value
Creator
Unknown Egyptian See all items with this value
Date
12-13th century
Coverage
Old Cairo (quarter)
Type
Sock
Format
Plain stitch See all items with this value
Medium
cotton (fiber)
Subject
Socks
Egypt, Ancient
Coptic textile fabrics
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 See all items with this value
Item sets
Charlotte's Item Set
Media
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chaeagle/museum_mgmt/master/coptic_sock.jpg

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socks Ancient Egypt colorwork