Womenswear mitten

GCT 2007.29

Description

Womenswear mitten, single, in gold-coloured knitted silk; above wrist (button length 3 1/2), right hand, knitted with openwork mesh pattern at top and bottom and small mesh in the middle.

Glove Details

Date:

1870-1899: Approximate date

Materials:

SILK

Measurements:

Unknown

Techniques:

KNITTED

Designer / Manufacturer / Retailer

Fabric manufacturer: W Ball & Son Ltd

Gallery

Associations

Historical Associations:

W Ball & Son Ltd

Association Type:

Provenance

Historical Association notes:

Letter dated 21/09/1960 from C.J. Wood of W.Ball & Son Ltd, Ilkeston, Derbyshire to Miss Greenaway at the National Association of Glove Manufacturers listing and enclosing the donation of four singles or samples of the work of the firm.