Womenswear gloves

GCT 2006.4.6

Description

A pair of womenswear gloves, in cinnamon-brown and Oxford-blue cotton simplex; wrist length (button length 2.25), with cutwork in blue thread in diamond design on back, roundseam or brosser stitched in light brown thread throughout, Boulton thumb, bound vent on palm at centre, fourchettes.

Glove Details

Date:

1930-1939: Approximate date

Materials:

COTTON

Measurements:

Unknown

Techniques:

EMBROIDERY (CUTWORK), KNIT (SIMPLEX)

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.