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Pair of Gloves

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

Pair of pale blue doeskin gloves, forearm length, with four mother of pearl buttons up the forearm. The button holes, the wrist opening and cuffs are piped with white. There are three self stitched lined on the back.

With the original wrapping paper made from white tissue paper marked 'Best quality kid and suede'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Glove
  • Glove
  • Wrapping Paper
Materials and techniques
Doeskin, mother of pearl, tissue paper
Brief description
Pair of doeskin gloves with wrapping tissue paper, made by Reynier, France, ca. 1900
Physical description
Pair of pale blue doeskin gloves, forearm length, with four mother of pearl buttons up the forearm. The button holes, the wrist opening and cuffs are piped with white. There are three self stitched lined on the back.

With the original wrapping paper made from white tissue paper marked 'Best quality kid and suede'.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Army & Navy C.S.L.D.' [stamped in an oval] and 'HOB 1 8500 172 AY T 12V' (Stamped inside the left glove)
  • '6 1/4 REYNIER Grand prix Paris 1900, Cousé à la main. Made in France 8500. 33' (Stamped inside the right glove)
Collection
Accession number
T.1 to B-1968

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Record createdSeptember 27, 2007
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