SOLD Very Tender, Densely Knit, Heavy Wool Presumed Antique Swedish Child's Mittens with Embroidery and Fringe vintage baseball The Dennison Manufacturing Company (1844-1990)

The Dennison Manufacturing Company (1844-1990) which produced this "Handy Box No

done by a 14 year old Chantal Cheviot (signed on the edging on reverse) in the earlyish 20th century I would guess

I believe and in very good structural condition

I believe it is likely the oldest

with the basket woven of sweet grass on a naturally green dyed splint ash structure and the pin cushion a rosy pink velvet

SOLD Very Tender, Densely Knit, Heavy Wool Presumed Antique Swedish Child's Mittens with Embroidery and Fringe vintage baseball The Dennison Manufacturing Company (1844-1990)I just fell in love with these, knit for a child (or an adult with very small hands) quite a long time ago. There is a similar pair in the collection of the Nordiska Museum in Stockholm (a marvelous place!) that tells me they are likely Swedish; I have found an image of some Icelandic mittens several hundred years old they are kin to as well. A few stitches the the zig zag embroidery lost on the thumb side (which makes sense) and a stain here or