Jersey

Description

Jumper or jersey in Fair Isle pattern knitted wool, with a high round neck and long sleeves, and a chequered design in red and blue on the neck, hem and cuffs, bought c. 1910, features in the painting ‘The Fair Isle Jumper’, by Stanley Cursiter, 1923, currently held by Edinburgh City Council: Scottish, Fair Isle, c. 1910

Museum reference

H.RGB 21

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Jersey

Production information

Unknown
Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1910

Materials

Wool

Physical description

Knitted wool in red, blue, yellow and white

Exhibitions

• Fashion and Style (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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