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Pair of Gloves

ca. 1900-1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pair of short white kid leather gloves with black stitching on the backs of the hands, and mother-of-pearl buttoning at the wrist.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Glove
  • Glove
Materials and techniques
Kidskin leather, mother-of-pearl, machine-stitched
Brief description
Pair of wrist-length kid leather gloves, France, ca. 1900-1910, retailed by Debenham & Freebody
Physical description
Pair of short white kid leather gloves with black stitching on the backs of the hands, and mother-of-pearl buttoning at the wrist.
Marks and inscriptions
  • '6 1/4' and '255' and '47' (Stamped inside the left glove)
  • '6 1/4 / HORS CONCOURS / PARIS 1902 - LIÉGE 1906 / GAND 1893 / Tref [illegible] & Co / GRANDS-PRIX / PARIS 1889 ST LOUIS 1904 / LONDRES 1908' (Inside a square cartouche, the left glove)
  • 'COURT GLOVERS / DEBENHAM & FREEBODY / LONDON W' (Stamped inside the right glove)
Credit line
Given by Miss Benjamin
Collection
Accession number
T.264&A-1960

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Record createdSeptember 27, 2007
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