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Mitts
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of child's mitts in deep red colorway. Made from machine-knit fine wool or cashmere - fibers have very fine cuticle under microscope. Wrist, finger and thumb openings have decorative bands of kitting design. Seam up inner (thumb) side of mitts.
2024.15.022a-b
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Historic Costume
Child, Female
Mitts
Female
Cashmere
Red
1835 - 1865