Womenswear gloves

GCT 1998.10.6

Description

A joined pair of womenswear gloves, in sky-blue suede leather on back and grey/blue kid leather on palm; wrist length (button length 2¾), with stitched or threaded through decoration on back in blue floss silk thread in triangle and zig-zag design, angled welt, inseams and outseams, Boulton thumb, quirks and fourchettes.

Glove Details

Date:

1920-1929: Approximate date

Materials:

LEATHER (KID), LEATHER (SUEDE)

Measurements:

Glove size: 5¾

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.