Title

Infant's knitted sock, vest and mitten, (mid-16th century?). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Infant's knitted sock, vest and mitten, (mid-16th century?). Baby clothes knitted in soft white wool; the mitten has a contrasting band, probably of naturally black sheep's wool. Several medieval paintings of the Virgin and Child show the Virgin knitting a similar vest-like garment for her son, on three to five needles.
Museum of London

Date

1540

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Museum of London

Reference

HRM19A82_492

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,5Mb (3,7Mb) / 15,1in x 13,0in / 4528 x 3896 (300dpi)

Keywords

gloves glove clothes color colour socks dress knitted mittens century textiles vest textile artefact sock Tudor wool artifact baby clothes 16th century sixteenth century Museum of London object Unknown object