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Gansey Knitter
Gansey Knitter
Gansey Knitter
Gansey Knitter
Gansey Knitter
Gansey Knitter
Gansey Knitter
Gansey Knitter
Gansey Knitter
Gansey Knitter

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A seated figure of a woman knitting on a bench. The gansey was a distinctively patterned sweater knitted from tightly spun worsted wool for a hardwearing weatherproof garment. Each community had its own pattern, so that if a fisherman was lost at sea, his gansey would help identify him when the body was recovered. One of the nine sculptures of the Whitby Sculpture Trail.
Title

Gansey Knitter

Date

2020

Medium

galvanised wire & sheet steel

Accession number

YO21_FJ_S105

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Coastal Revival Fund and Scarborough Borough Council

Work type

Statue

Owner

Scarborough Borough Council

Custodian

Scarborough Borough Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

signed on the metal bench: es 20

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