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GLOVES

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1885-1900

GUSN

GUSN-13008

Description

A=right; B=left. Ivory kidskin w/ 2 metal buttons; 3 rows of ivory silk; triple chainstitches on back.

Details

Descriptive Terms

gloves
accessories
embroidering
stitching
leather
machine-made
silk (textile)
Woman's Personal Artifacts
Leather
Silk
Embroidered
Hand Stitched
GLOVES

Inscription

1. Stamped in ink inside back: A: ""Gants/ BOUCICALI(?)/ ________(?)/ PARIS____(?)"" B: ""7 1/2/ -CHEVREAR(?) EXTRA-/475"" 2. Embossed on buttons around edge: ""(star) A BOUGIGANT (star) PARIS""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1969.5448A-B

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5448AB

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