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Pair of Gloves

1870-1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pair of purple kid leather gloves bound at the wrist. With white kid hand-stitched in grey and trimmed on the back with black machine-made chain stitch 'pointing'. The gloves are wrist length and fasten with a brass metal stud button held on the inside with an applied leather piece. The second and third fingers have 'fourchettes' on each side, the first and fourth on the inside only.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Glove
  • Glove
Materials and techniques
Kid leather and brass, hand-stitched
Brief description
Pair of kid leather gloves, Les Gants Trefousse, France, 1870-1880
Physical description
Pair of purple kid leather gloves bound at the wrist. With white kid hand-stitched in grey and trimmed on the back with black machine-made chain stitch 'pointing'. The gloves are wrist length and fasten with a brass metal stud button held on the inside with an applied leather piece. The second and third fingers have 'fourchettes' on each side, the first and fourth on the inside only.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Trefousse & Cie' (Stamped in blue in cursive script on the inside of the right glove)
  • '7' and 'FESTON' (Stamped in blue inside the left glove)
Collection
Accession number
T.34&A-1984

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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