Pair of Gloves
ca. 1795-1825 (made)
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Pair of women's gloves of hand-knitted cream cotton and brown silk. Each is knit in the round with a border of brown silk, a pattern of purl and eyelets in the cream cotton around the wrist, a diamond in seed stitch on the palm and finger and thumb tips of brown silk. The back of each hand is embroidered with brown silk in a pattern of flowers and compass points.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton, silk; hand-knit, hand embroidered |
| Brief description | Pair of women's gloves of hand-knitted cream cotton and brown silk, 1795-1825c, British, embroidered left |
| Physical description | Pair of women's gloves of hand-knitted cream cotton and brown silk. Each is knit in the round with a border of brown silk, a pattern of purl and eyelets in the cream cotton around the wrist, a diamond in seed stitch on the palm and finger and thumb tips of brown silk. The back of each hand is embroidered with brown silk in a pattern of flowers and compass points. |
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| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1991/1963. |
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| Accession number | T.213:1, 2-1992 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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