Beret

Description

Bonnet, knitted with Fair Isle pattern in red, blue, yellow and white wool, with a button in the centre and a red and blue tassel, originally mounted on frame H.TBA 4.2: Shetland, Fair Isle, c. 1870

Museum reference

H.TBA 4.1

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Beret, Hat, Bonnet

Production information

Unknown, Maker
Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1865 - 1875

Materials

Wool

Physical description

Bonnet, knitted with Fair Isle pattern in red, blue, yellow and white wool, with a button in the centre and a red and blue tassel, originally mounted on frame H.TBA 4.2

Associations

Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Edmonston, Thomas, Notes on a Straw Masquerade still used in some parts of Shetland, and on certain Woollen Articles manufactured in Fair Isle; also of a supposed relic of the Spanish Armada, PSAS, Vol. 8 (1868-1870)