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
Collection Group
Medium
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