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Pair of Gloves

1550-1599 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Spain (made)

Pair of episcopal gloves, couched gilt thread on red knitted silk. The right-hand glove featutes a cross motif on the back.


Object details

Categories
Accessories
Christianity
Ceremonial Objects
Religion
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Pair of gloves
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Glove
  • Glove
Materials and techniques
Couched gilt thread on knitted silk
Silk (Textile)
Metallic Thread
Knitting
Couching (Embroidering)
Brief description
Episcopal gloves, red knitted silk with couched gilt thread decoration, Spanish, 1550-1599
Physical description
Pair of episcopal gloves, couched gilt thread on red knitted silk. The right-hand glove featutes a cross motif on the back.
DimensionsMeasurement taken from Accession Register
Object history
From the Robinson collection.
Bibliographic references
  • Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion, edited by Lesley Ellis Miller and Ana Cabrera Lafuente with Claire Allen-Johnstone, Thames and Hudson Ltd. in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom, 2021, p. 256
  • Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
276&A-1880

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O363886/pair-of-gloves-unknown/
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