Womenswear gloves

GCT 2008.3.12

Description

A pair of womenswear gloves, in cream leather; wrist length (button length 2.25), with inset crochet in cream-coloured synthetic thread on outside edge and at curved wrist, outseams, Boulton thumb, quirks and fourchettes.

Glove Details

Date:

1960-1969: Approximate date

Materials:

LEATHER

Measurements:

Glove size: 6 3/4

Techniques:

CROCHET

Designer / Manufacturer / Retailer

Glovemaker: Trefousse

Gallery

Associations

Historical Associations:

Winton, Joseph

Association Type:

Provenance

Historical Association notes:

Donor Joseph Winton wrote: "You may perhaps already know that for many years Trefousse supplied gloves to Her Majesty the Queen, and also to the late Queen Mother and the late Princess Margaret. I executed many of the orders myself and they were great days!"