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Glove

Object/Artifact

Fine buff kid gloves, just above wrist length. 3 medium length points, dark tan heavyish stitching. Long placket at inside wrist with tiny flat hooks like the ones on boots, over which a tan silk cord is laced back and forth to close the glove. Indecipherable stamped mark inside left one, and ditto signature.Very similar to 2004.027

G2002.104

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1877 - 1910

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Gloves

Woman

Leather

Kid

Hooks

Silk

Foster Lacing

Gloves

Woman

Leather

Kid

Hooks

Silk

Foster Lacing

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