Womenswear gloves

GCT 2006.4.10

Description

A pair of womenswear gloves, in chestnut-brown leather; above wrist length (button length 2.5), with raised and stitched decoration in curving inverted V design and embroidery in French knots in brown thread across back, elastic on palm at wrist (half-width), Boulton thumb, quirks and fourchettes.

Glove Details

Date:

1930-1939: Approximate date

Materials:

LEATHER

Measurements:

Unknown

Techniques:

EMBROIDERY (FRENCH KNOTS)

Designer / Manufacturer / Retailer

Unknown

Gallery

Associations

Historical Associations:

Howard, Doris Ethel

Association Type:

Wearer

Historical Association notes:

Donor Ruth May wrote to Douglas Sweet that the gloves belonged to her aunt Doris Ethel Howard. Doris lived in South Africa.