Womenswear gloves

GCT 2006.4.5

Description

A pair of womenswear gloves, in chestnut-brown suede leather; wrist length (button length 2.5), with gusset at outside edge, outseams, three points, Boulton thumb, quirks and fourchettes.

Glove Details

Date:

1930-1939: Approximate date

Materials:

LEATHER (SUEDE)

Measurements:

Unknown

Techniques:

Unknown

Designer / Manufacturer / Retailer

Glovemaker: Rainbow

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.