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Mitt

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Hand-stitched girl’s linen mitts. Point extending over back of fingers with open-ended thumbs. Slightly longer than wrist length. Back stitched points of 3 rows with little arrows on top. One is pieced along top of hand. Both palms pieced with possibly home-produced linen.

G2000.052

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Accessory

Child, Female

Historic Costume

Mitten

Female

Linen

White

1765

Paxton, Mary

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