Womenswear gloves

GCT 1998.10.11

Description

A pair of womenswear gloves, in black suede leather; wrist length (button length 2½), with chain stitch embroidery on back in pinks, greens and blue thread in ribbon-tied bunch of flowers and single sprig design, curved welt, outseams, French thumb with heart-shaped base, quirks and fourchettes, France. Stamp: Made in France. Size: 5¾.

Glove Details

Date:

1930-1939: Approximate date

Materials:

LEATHER (SUEDE)

Measurements:

Unknown

Techniques:

EMBROIDERY

Designer / Manufacturer / Retailer

Glovemaker

Gallery

Associations

Historical Associations:

Unknown

Association Type:

Provenance

Historical Association notes:

Donor P.H.S. Wettern wrote to Douglas Sweet that the gloves originally belonged either to his mother (born 1898) or to his grandmother.