The famous sock from Uppsala is not the only nalbinding found in Uppsala. This week’s Nalbound Object of the Week are the fragments of what is believed to be another sock. This one found in the Kransen quarter of Uppsala. I was graciously allowed access to examine these fragments at the Statens Historiska Museet in May of 2023. Some of what you see in the box is moss.
Upphov: Rosengren, Helena, Historiska museet/SHM (CC BY 4.0)
Object: Kransen sock fragments
Description: Nine fragments of what is believed to be a sock.1
Dated to: end of the 1300’s2 (late 14th century)
Find location: Kransen quarter, Uppsala, in the block between Svartbacksgatan, St Persgatan, Dragarbrunnsgatan, and Vaksalagatan3 https://www.uppsala.se/contentassets/97d6ed912b5047a0aed22a7ceea06de0/plankarta.pdf (Thank you Ingela Andersson Lindberg for finding the plans)
Material: Wool4
Stitch(es) used: unknown
Inventory number: 34821
Current location: Historiska Museet, Stockholm
Link to museum catalog or other data: https://samlingar.shm.se/object/7216C35F-20E1-45BC-89FC-392CD84EBB34
Some sources in which more information can be found:
Gustafsson, Jan Helmer, and Ola Ehn. Kransen: ett medeltida kvarter i Uppsala. Uppsala: Upplands fornminnesfören, 1984. ISBN 91-85618-21-7.
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- https://samlingar.shm.se/object/7216C35F-20E1-45BC-89FC-392CD84EBB34 ↩︎
- Gustafsson, Jan Helmer, and Ola Ehn. Kransen: ett medeltida kvarter i Uppsala. Uppsala: Upplands fornminnesfören, 1984. Pg. 76. ISBN 91-85618-21-7. ↩︎
- Gustafsson, Jan Helmer, and Ola Ehn. Kransen: ett medeltida kvarter i Uppsala. Uppsala: Upplands fornminnesfören, 1984. Pg. 8. ISBN 91-85618-21-7. ↩︎
- https://samlingar.shm.se/object/7216C35F-20E1-45BC-89FC-392CD84EBB34 ↩︎
So, when you say the stich is unknown – is it because the fragments are too felted/damaged to tell? Or have you just not been able to do enough analysis yet?
None has been published. And I have not been able to do enough analysis yet. I may need to go back and see it again as I only had one day in Stockholm and there were quite a few objects. I’ll admit to having been more focused on the Kalmar glove.