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'Basia' sweater designed by Jamie & Jessi Seaton, inspired by Elizabethan needlework samplers. Hand-knitted in cotton using the intarsia technique. A quotation from a poem by Catullus is knitted into the front, back and sleeves: 'DA MI BASIA MILLE'. Pattern published in Sweaters from the Seaton Collection (1989) and The Seaton Collection: Exclusive Knitting Designs (1989). Floral design and lettering in multiple colours on a white ground. Initials 'SD' knitted onto upper proper left chest, upper right arm (front), upper left arm (rear) and upper proper right shoulder Design number: JJS 103 & JJS 113.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F2019.22.3
Acquisition
Donation (joint), 13/5/2019
Measurements
Length
(cm): 70
Techniques
hand knit
knitting
Material
cotton (spun and twisted)
Location
In store
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