GLOVES/MITTS

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Date

ca. 1860

GUSN

GUSN-13009

Description

A=right; B=left. Black silk net mitts w/ embroidered back; scalloped edges; elastic at wrist.

Details

Descriptive Terms

gloves
mitts (fingerless handwear)
accessories
textiles
elasticity
embroidering
stitching
net (textile)
silk (textile)
Woman's Personal Artifacts
Silk
Net
Elastic
Embroidered
Hand Stitched
GLOVES/MITTS

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1969.5478A-B

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5478AB

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