gloves



gloves

Summary

Buff leather gloves with embroidered gauntlets; gauntlets of beige silk, backed with white kid, and partly lined with lime-green silk twill. Embroidered in coloured silk threads, metal thread chain stitch, couched metal strip and metal sequins. Edged with looped silk and metal thread picot braid. Design consists of naturalistic birds and full blown flowers with smaller stylised fruit motifs.


Object Name

gloves

Date Created

1640-1650

Dimensions

Length: 11.5ins
Width of gauntlet: 5ins

accession number

1983.617

Medium

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