Textiles and Dress

Bohus Stickning

Bohus Stickning was a Swedish knitting cooperative that was active between 1939 and 1969. It was established as a cottage industry to provide income for poor families in Bohuslän (Sweden) during World War II. Knitwear designed by the founder Emma Jacobsson and other designers was handknit by women in Bohuslän Province and sold to department stores, boutiques and fashion houses both in Sweden and internationally.

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See also

• ▸Goldstein Museum of Design
• ▸1924
• ▸Alma Webster Hall Powell

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