Bohus Sweater - " Red Edge" design (2014.005.0036)
- Title
- Bohus Sweater - " Red Edge" design (2014.005.0036)
- Description
- A Bohus product sweater, round neck, finely knitted in light natural wool and seven colours.
- Identifier
- 2014.005.0036
- Subject
- Hand knitting
- Type
- Colourwork
- Format
- Sweater
- Abstract
A Bohus product sweater, round neck, finely knitted in light natural wool and seven colours, front patterned in colour work and textured stitches, plain back, and sleeves and deep rib to body. Knitted flat and seamed.
Label in back neck ‘Bohus STICKNING’, a company which existed in Sweden to produce hand knitted garments as a poverty reduction measure.
Patons archive hand written swing tag label says “Sweater Bohus Knitting”.The design is named ‘Red Edge’.
Unworn.
See Item Relations for other Bohus designs. Bohus Knitting comes from a cottage industry in Sweden in the mid 1900s.- Creator
- Unknown
- Medium
- Wool
- Extent
- 86cm/34in underarm, 50cm/20in shoulder to hem
- Is Referenced By
- 2022: Patons Archive Exhibit
- Date
- Imported from record dated: 2020-07-24
- Category
- Adult
- Colour
- Cream
- Grey - dark
- Yellow
- Red
- Blue
- Permanent location
- Coats 2 - Colourwork
- Condition
- Good
Files
Citation
Unknown, “Bohus Sweater - " Red Edge" design (2014.005.0036),” Knitting & Crochet Guild Collection, accessed May 21, 2026, https://kcguild.omeka.net/items/show/1321.
Item Relations
| Item: Bohus Gloves - "The New Red Edge" design (2014.005.0039 A&B) |
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| Item: Bohus Hat - " The New Red Edge" design (2014.005.0037) |
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| Item: Bohus Scarf - "Red Edge" design (2014.005.0038) |
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