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Art Nouveau triptych, mirror and 2 panels, painted wood marquetry, France 1910
Located in Meulebeke, BE
panel portrays a woman with sheep under a tree. The second panel portrays a woman knitting under a tree
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1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Knitting

Materials

Copper

David de la Mar Dutch Barbizon Antique Painting of Girl Feeding Goats
By David de la Mar 1
Located in Shippensburg, PA
knitting in hand; however, she has been distracted by a hungry goat who clearly covets the long and lush
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Late 19th Century Dutch Antique Knitting

Materials

Canvas, Pine, Giltwood

Figurative portrait interior oil painting Women and child portrait painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
of her dress. The woman is likely to be knitting and the child reading. It's a kind of lazy
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1920s Post-Impressionist Antique Knitting

Materials

Oil

Large Antique Pastoral Oil Painting on Canvas-Henry Schouten
By Henry Schouten
Located in Dallas, TX
of sheep. She is sitting under a tree knitting while her dog sits next to her, guarding the flock
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19th Century Belgian Antique Knitting

Materials

Canvas

Walter Nettleton (American, 1861-1936) Antique Oil Painting of a Peasant Woman
By Walter Nettleton
Located in Shippensburg, PA
their permanent collection, a study of a young peasant woman knitting in a green pasture (acc. no
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Early 20th Century American Barbizon School Antique Knitting

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Antique French Tortoiseshell Ormolu Mantle Clock c.1860
Located in London, GB
, guitar picks and knitting needles. In 1973, the trade of tortoiseshell worldwide was banned under CITES
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19th Century French Antique Knitting

Antique George IV Boulle Marquetry Inkstand circa 1820
Located in London, GB
in the manufacture of items such as combs, sunglasses, guitar picks and knitting needles. In 1973
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Early 19th Century English Antique Knitting

Louis Robbe, Landscape With Barn, Sheep Goats, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
muffler when the wind freshened, and, encamped, knitting in hand, behind him” Artist’s auction maximum
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1910s Photorealist Antique Knitting

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Oil, Wood Panel

19th Century Victorian Tortoiseshell Pins Box
Located in London, GB
manufacture of items such as combs, sunglasses, guitar picks and knitting needles. In 1973, the trade of
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1890s English Victorian Antique Knitting

Materials

Silver

20th Century Italian Handled Almsgiver Basket with Silver and Stones Elemens
By Alexandre Stefani
Located in Milano, MI
used nowadays for sewing, weaving or knitting works. Finely repoussé silver flowers are applied on
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Early 20th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Knitting

Materials

Stone, Silver

Pastel Impressionism Intimate Blue Scene Gaston La Touche, France
By Gaston La Touche
Located in Valladolid, ES
house where another woman, with her back to the viewer, is knitting. The woman peering in from outside
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1890s Impressionist Antique Knitting

Materials

Paper

Antique French Boulle Tortoiseshell Card Table
Located in London, GB
, guitar picks and knitting needles. In 1973, the trade of tortoiseshell worldwide was banned under CITES
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19th Century French Antique Knitting

Antique French Boulle Centre Table or Bureau Plat
Located in London, GB
the manufacture of items such as combs, sunglasses, guitar picks and knitting needles. In 1973, the
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19th Century French Antique Knitting

Antique Boulle and Tortoiseshell Pier Cabinet
Located in London, GB
picks and knitting needles. In 1973, the trade of tortoiseshell worldwide was banned under CITES
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19th Century French Antique Knitting

Antique Victorian Serpentine Boulle Corner Cabinet 1860
Located in London, GB
picks and knitting needles. In 1973, the trade of tortoiseshell worldwide was banned under CITES
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19th Century French Antique Knitting

Antique French Boulle and Tortoiseshell Card Table, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
, guitar picks and knitting needles. In 1973, the trade of tortoiseshell worldwide was banned under CITES
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Knitting

Antique French Boulle Tortoiseshell Card Table
Located in London, GB
1970s in the manufacture of items such as combs, sunglasses, guitar picks and knitting needles. In 1973
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19th Century French Antique Knitting

Antique French Ebonized Boulle Display Cabinet
Located in London, GB
knitting needles. In 1973, the trade of tortoiseshell worldwide was banned under CITES. Tortoiseshell
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19th Century French Antique Knitting

Antique Victorian Ebonised Boulle Bookcase Cabinet 1860
Located in London, GB
until the 1970s in the manufacture of items such as combs, sunglasses, guitar picks and knitting needles
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19th Century French Antique Knitting

Phrygian Hat Makers Sign, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
, knitting women, known as tricoteuse, were the ones primarily producing the caps, which one historian noted
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1880s French Folk Art Antique Knitting

Materials

Wood

Cape Elizabeth - Maine - American Realist Seascape Oil Painting by George Luks
By George Luks
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
for American Art Collection): Knitting for the Soldiers: High Bridge Park (c. 1918, oil on canvas
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1920s American Realist Antique Knitting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Painting Bedouin War Party by Giuseppe Raggio 1883 19th Century
Located in London, GB
playing traditional instruments and even classes teaching traditional tent knitting. Traditions like camel
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1880s Italian Antique Knitting

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

The Knitting Lesson
Located in Plano, TX
Oil painting of the Currier and Ives lithograph, The Knitting Lesson." Oil on canvas of a domestic
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Knitting

Materials

Oil

Cottager Knitting, The Grange, Cornwall
By Mary Winifred Freeman
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Knitting, The Grange, Cornwall", c. 1895. Signed by Freeman lower left seemingly gifted to M.E.L.. This is
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Knitting

Materials

Watercolor

Antique Love Token Silver Knitting Needle Case Amor Flash
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Highly unusual knitting needle case in the shape of Amor´s arrow made in silver. Amor´s arrow was a
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1810s Unknown Antique Knitting

Materials

Silver

The Madonna and Child with an Angel: Madonna Knitting
By Eric Gill
Located in Plano, TX
The Madonna and Child with an Angel: Madonna Knitting. 1919. Wood engraving. Physick 60. 2 1/2 x 2
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1920s Modern Antique Knitting

Materials

Wood, Engraving, Woodcut

Typical Dutch Antique Rush-Seat Corner Bobbin Side Knitting Chair, 1900
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Lovely typical Dutch knitting chair. This antique 'corner chair' with wicker seat is originally a
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Early 20th Century Dutch Country Antique Knitting

Materials

Wool, Cane

Japanese antique old Basket wabi-sabi folk art bamboo knitting
Located in Chiba, Chiba
It's a woven bamboo container. It is very finely woven. If you look closely, you can see that the lid and body are woven differently. The appearance that changes with age and has a ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Knitting

Materials

Bamboo

Japanese Bamboo Knitting Antique Flower Basket / Bamboo Vase/1868-1920
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
The original use of this basket was as a fish cage for storing caught fish. This is thought to have been made as a flower vase, imitating that design. This item is carefully woven us...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Knitting

Materials

Bamboo

Antique Dutch Triangular Turned Bobbin Corner Chair Rush Seat Knitting Armchair
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Netherlands. Beautiful antique bobbin/ knitting chair with three legs. This old Dutch chair with three legs
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Late 19th Century Dutch Rustic Antique Knitting

Materials

Wicker, Wood

Woman Knitting by Cabin , American Frontier Life Oil, Westward Expansion, Cat
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Early American frontier life showing a peaceful scene of a young woman knitting and seated, with a tabby
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1830s Antique Knitting

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Dutch Hand-Carved Wooden Knitting Needle Case, Amsterdam School, circa 1920s
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
A Dutch hand-painted wooden knitting needle case, dating to circa 1920, crafted during the years of
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Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Antique Knitting

Materials

Wood

Highly Detailed Oil Painting - Old Woman Knitting Attributed to David Monies
Located in Stockholm, SE
elderly woman, her head adorned with a headdress, engaged in knitting and draped in a fur shawl. This
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1840s Realist Antique Knitting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Typical Dutch Pair Antique Rush-Seat Corner Bobbin Side Knitting Chairs, 1900
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Pair antique rush-seat corner bobbin side knitting chairs in turned wood and cane, Dutch ca 1900
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Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Antique Knitting

Materials

Cane, Wood

Japanese Antique Farming Tools / Vine Knitting Bag / Wall Hanging Flower Case
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
We have an aesthetic sense peculiar to Japanese people. And we introduce the unique items that only we can do, the route of purchasing in Japan, the experience value so far, and the...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Knitting

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Natural Fiber

Peter Ilsted 1861-1933 , Mezzotint in Colors, Interior with a Knitting Woman
Located in København, Copenhagen
Peter Ilsted (1861-1933). Mezzotint in colors. Interior with a young knitting woman. Approx. 1900
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Early 1900s Danish Antique Knitting

Materials

Paper

Typical Dutch Pair Antique Rush-Seat Oak Corner Bobbin Side Knitting Chairs 1900
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Pair Antique Rush-Seat Corner Bobbin Side Knitting Chairs in Turned Oak and Cane, Dutch ca 1900
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Early 20th Century Dutch Country Antique Knitting

Materials

Cane, Oak

Old Japanese Wabi-Sabi Wall Hanging Vase/1868-1920/Vine Knitting Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese wall vase. It was made from the Meiji period to the Taisho period (1868-1920). The grape vines are dried and woven. It feels very wabi-sabi and is cool. ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Knitting

Materials

Other

19th century Antique English portrait of a dog holding knitting needles and wool
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very well painted and completely unique English late 19th century scene of a dog holding knitting
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1880s Victorian Antique Knitting

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Antique fly brooch, crossed needles, 15k gold, Sapphire and pearl
Located in NEWARK, GB
crossed knitting needles, the fly is adorned with creamy seed pearls and has a single round cut sapphire
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Knitting

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Pearl, Sapphire, 15k Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold

1920s Men s Bathing Suit
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
John A. Zehntbauer and Carl Jantzen founded the Portland Knitting Company, the predecessor of
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1920s American Antique Knitting

Materials

Chrome

Octagonal Biedermeier Sewing Table
Located in New York, NY
for spools, threads or collectables and a deeper centre compartment for knitting materials.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Knitting

Materials

Fir

French Portrait of a Woman, 18th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
A French oil-on-canvas portrait of a woman in Period clothing sitting in a chair, knitting. Signed
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18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Knitting

Materials

Canvas

Red Oval Chinese Antique Basket with Cover
Located in Somis, CA
bands. An unique piece from southern China that was used for sewing and knitting purpose.
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Knitting

Materials

Brass

Original Aux Laines Ecossaises vintage French antique poster yarn
Located in Spokane, WA
this poster for a well-known knitting and yarn shop in Paris that still exists today. The poster
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1920s Art Nouveau Antique Knitting

Materials

Lithograph

Italian Alabaster Figure of Seated Girl Reading, Signed F. Vichi
Located in Cypress, CA
Impressive 19 century finely carved Italian alabaster figure of a seated girl knitting and reading
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Knitting

Materials

Alabaster

A pair of Sanquhar wool knitted gloves near Dumfries dated 1818 - Scotland
Located in Toulon, FR
. Extract from the Bonhams notice:The knitting industry in Sanquhar, Scotland is traced back to the 16th
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1810s Scottish Antique Knitting

Early 19th Century French Side Table
Located in Nashville, TN
sewing/knitting storage table, really anything you can think of! DIMENSIONS 16.5ʺW × 14ʺD × 31ʺH
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Early 1900s French Antique Knitting

Materials

Hardwood

Early 20th c. Mahogany English Regency Canterbury Magazine Rack with Drawer
Located in Louisville, KY
magazines, children's books, or even textile projects, such as knitting elements.
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Early 20th Century American Regency Antique Knitting

Materials

Brass

The English Hollyhock Garden
By J. Warnick
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Garden", c. 1910. Hand signed lower left. Lovely painting of a thatched roof cottage with a lady knitting
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Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Knitting

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Mid 19th Century Oil - The Stocking Knitter
Located in Corsham, GB
a matching bonnet. The study is a great insight into 18th century craft, showing the sitter knitting
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Mid-19th Century Antique Knitting

Materials

Oil

19th Century Georg Heyde Painted Metal Cats with Shaking Heads, circa 1890s
By Georg Heyde
Located in San Francisco, CA
ladies on a bench. One is knitting and the other is holding a small case. Each cat wears a bonnet
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Late 19th Century German Antique Knitting

Materials

Metal

19th Century English Games/Sewing Table
Located in Nantwich, GB
, embroidery silks, etc. On lifting the centre lid you will see a deep tapered base, perhaps for knitting
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1850s English Victorian Antique Knitting

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Pair of Bobbin corner chairs, wood and straw, France, early 20th century
Located in Lyon, FR
especially in the countryside and were used as knitting or telephone chairs. A part of French History by your
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Antique Knitting

Materials

Straw, Wood

English 20th Century Harvest Basket
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
, today it would make a delightful knitting basket or clothes hamper. It is a beautiful decorative item
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19th Century English Other Antique Knitting

Materials

Wicker, Wood

19th Century English Victorian Intimate Oil Painting of Girl plaiting her hair
Located in London, GB
Society of British Artists, with titles such as ‘Leisure Moments’, ‘The Sulky Boy’, and ‘Knitting’. Haynes
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19th Century Victorian Antique Knitting

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Dutch Ruch-Seat Oak Corner Bobbin Chair Turned Hand Crafted 1900
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
chair' with wicker seat is originally a typical Old Ditch knitting chair/ telephone chair. It is made of
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Early 20th Century Dutch Country Antique Knitting

Materials

Cane, Wood

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Find many varieties of an authentic antique knitting available at 1stDibs. Each antique knitting for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, natural fiber and paper. There are many kinds of the antique knitting you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Each antique knitting bearing Folk Art, Victorian or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique knitting over the years, but those crafted by Hurwic, New Hall and Eugenio Zampighi are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

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