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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