Shawl with deep border featuring "tree of life" motif
- Title
- Shawl with deep border featuring "tree of life" motif
- Description
- Extremely fine hand knitted cream wool shawl, square with centre, deep borders and edging. From Shetland.
- Identifier
- 2014.005.0020
- Subject
- Hand knitting
- Type
- Openwork (lace)
- Format
- Shawl
- Abstract
Extremely fine hand knitted cream wool shawl, square with centre, deep borders and edging. From Shetland.
Patons & Baldwins pattern 893 states "designed in Shetland" "based on traditional Shetland patterns and designed by Mrs.A.Hunter of Unst".
Used as the basis for Patons & Baldwins pattern 893 Knitted Shawl. This is documented by Kate Davies in The Book of Haps, 2016, Knitting the Tree of Life, pp 37 – 41.
See Item Relations for other Lace Shawls in the Patons Archive.- Creator
- Unknown
- Medium
- Wool
- Extent
- 29cm/11in border, 68cm/27in square centre panel
- Is Referenced By
- 2022: Patons Archive Exhibit
- Date
- Imported from record dated: 2020-07-24
- Is Version Of
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- Category
- Baby
- Colour
- Cream
- Permanent location
- Coats 4
- Condition
- Good
Files
Citation
Unknown, “Shawl with deep border featuring "tree of life" motif,” Knitting & Crochet Guild Collection, accessed May 17, 2024, https://kcguild.omeka.net/items/show/1305.
Item Relations
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Christening shawl |
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Traditional Shetland lace shawl |
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Shawl with narrow border |
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Shetland Lace Stole |
| This Item | fromPattern | Item: Shawl Pattern |