Menswear gloves

GCT 1998.5

Description

A pair of menswear gloves, in light tan peccary leather; above wrist (button length 2½), outseams, handsewn, stab stitch in black thread, three points, detachable wool lining, Boulton thumb, quirks and fourchettes.

Glove Details

Date:

1950-1959: Approximate date

Materials:

LEATHER (PECCARY), WOOL

Measurements:

Glove size: 8½

Techniques:

Unknown

Designer / Manufacturer / Retailer

Glovemaker: Alwyn Gloves

Gallery

Associations

Historical Associations:

Unknown

Association Type:

Provenance

Historical Association notes:

Donor Les Winfield wrote to Douglas Sweet: "Enclosed is the pair of hogskin gloves...They have two attributes historically, they are made from some of the last hopgskins dressed in Britain (actually at Treforest before the flood which triggered their closure) and they have detachable linings such as were extant in the 50s. Whichever collection they end up in they provide a glimpse of the past."