Womenswear gloves

GCT 2013.3

Description

A joined pair of womenswear gloves, in dark navy blue leather; above wrist (button length 3 1/2), inseams, three points, Boulton thumb, quirks and fourchettes, lined jade green Milanese silk.

Glove Details

Date:

1993

Materials:

LEATHER, SILK

Measurements:

Glove size: 7½

Techniques:

Unknown

Designer / Manufacturer / Retailer

Glovemaker: Alwyn Gloves

Leather producer: Pittards

Fabric supplier: W Ball & Son Ltd

Gallery

Associations

Historical Associations:

Wood, John

Association Type:

Banquet of the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London

Historical Association notes:

John Wood was the retiring Master Glovers of the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London in 1993 and gifted a pair of these gloves to female guests at the Banquet at the end of his year of office in September 1993.