Pair of Glove Gauntlets
1610-1630 (made)
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These detached gauntlets illustrate the style of glove decoration of the early 17th century. The tabbed shape with embroidery, silver-gilt bobbin lace trimming and ruched ribbon are characteristic of gloves during the period 1610 to 1630. The silver-gilt threads are couched onto the satin – that is, laid on the surface and secured with stitches in very fine silk. The coloured silk threads are worked through the satin ground.
A range of popular flowers such as roses, borage, carnation and pansies, with pomegranates are typical motifs in early 17th-century embroidery in Britain.
A range of popular flowers such as roses, borage, carnation and pansies, with pomegranates are typical motifs in early 17th-century embroidery in Britain.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Kidskin, silk, silver-gilt thread, silk thread, hand sewn, hand embroidered, bobbin lace |
| Brief description | A pair of glove gauntlets embroidered satin, 1610-1630, British, silver gilt & coloured silks |
| Physical description | A pair of tabbed kidskin glove tops [gauntlets], with applied white satin couched with silver-gilt thread and spangles and embroidered with coloured silks in a floral pattern. They are lined with coral-pink silk and edged with silver-gilt bobbin lace. The top edge is trimmed with ruched coral-pink silk ribbon edged with silver-gilt bobbin lace and spangles. |
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| Summary | These detached gauntlets illustrate the style of glove decoration of the early 17th century. The tabbed shape with embroidery, silver-gilt bobbin lace trimming and ruched ribbon are characteristic of gloves during the period 1610 to 1630. The silver-gilt threads are couched onto the satin – that is, laid on the surface and secured with stitches in very fine silk. The coloured silk threads are worked through the satin ground. A range of popular flowers such as roses, borage, carnation and pansies, with pomegranates are typical motifs in early 17th-century embroidery in Britain. |
| Bibliographic reference | John Lea Nevinson, Catalogue of English Domestic Embroidery of the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries, Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Textiles, London: HMSO, 1938, p.92 |
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| Accession number | 320&A-1876 |
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| Record created | July 17, 2008 |
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