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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