Gloves
Clothing/Dress/Costume
One pair of hand-knitted fine white cotton gloves with beaded floral decorations stitched on the back of the hands. Fancy double shell stitched border or cuff. The little finger is knitted to overlap the next one. Little gussets between the fingers. The left hand is a bit larger than the right hand. The 'points' are 3 bowls containing tall floral branches, the center one with pink flowers and the outer ones, blue. Bead colors are opaque pink and transparent pine green, cobalt and amber.
G2011.026ab
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Gloves
Historic Costume
Accessory
Gloves
Unisex
Cotton
Beads
White
1836
Inscription
On the backs of both gloves
AM / 1836
English