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Mitt

Object/Artifact

Very small and daintily knitted cotton mitts with no fingers; lacy netted effect, stockinette area at wrist. Narrow knit 'lace' edging at tops and bottoms. 5.5 Note: Hand inked........”netted by one of the Richards family at Hambledon, in the later part of the 18th century or the first part of the 19th.” From same collection as 92.155 and 92.154

G92.155

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1800

User Age: Child Gender: Female

Mitts

Girl's mitts

Handknit girl's mitts

knitted cotton mitts with no fingers

Lacy netted effect

stockinette area at wrist

Narrow lace edging at tops and bottom of mitts

Hand inked

Mitts

Girl's mitts

Handknit girl's mitts

knitted cotton mitts with no fingers

Lacy netted effect

stockinette area at wrist

Narrow lace edging at tops and bottom of mitts

Hand inked

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