Womenswear gloves

GCT 2008.3.22

Description

A pair of womenswear gloves, in black brush-dyed leather and suede leather; above wrist (button length 2.75), with shaped turn-back cuff in sage-green suede and short black tassel, outseams, Boulton thumb, quirks and fourchettes.

Glove Details

Date:

1950-1959: Approximate date

Materials:

LEATHER

Measurements:

Unknown

Techniques:

Unknown

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!"