Object: Sweater
Designer:
Elizabeth Hawes
(American, 1903 - 1971)
Date: c. 1960
Medium: Wool
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Charlotte Adams
Object number: 76.130.7
DescriptionHandknit patch work sampler pullover sweater; stand up oval ribbed collar in black wool; long sleeves and part of back in black; front and top of back in assorted knit-pearl combinations of purple, red, blues, greens, white, bone and browns; left side back has knitted letters R and LIZ; multicolor ribbed band at bottom; rib cuffed sleeves; left sleeve with short broken colored horizontal and vertical stripes; right sleeve has long white stripes above cuff.
Label Text:Elizabeth Hawes devoted her final years to handcrafting bold, dimensional garments from natural materials. This approach to design stood in direct opposition to the mass production and disposability that would come to define much of 1960s fashion. Her sentiments would later be adopted as part of the “back-to-the-land” movement at the end of the decade.
Exhibitions:
- Elizabeth Hawes