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Driving Gloves

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1920-1930

GUSN

GUSN-13365

Description

Russet/brown; amber button on each glove and buttonhole; palms are worn/blackened with wear; three "veins" with "V" as decoration.

Details

Descriptive Terms

gloves
leather
stitching
Glove
Glove, Driving
Glove, Driving

Inscription

1. Stamped on lining: ""H.C."" [Hugh Codman] 2. Stamped on lining(?): ""FOWNES/____(?)"" 3. Stamped on buttons: ""FOWNES/LONDON""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1969.6667A-B

Maker

Fownes (Maker)

Location of Origin

London, England

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6667AB

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