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Mitt
Object/Artifact
Hand or machine knit fine brown silk [*] tube with thumb hole. Attached to flaring cuffs of brown silk velvet with tiny light brown dots, lined with blue silk and filled with wool or cotton batting. Finished with small brown silk taffeta ribbon bow at CF where two parts join. *Feels like soft cotton but looks wooly under lens.
G97.060
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1800 - 1850
User Age: Adult Gender: Female
Mitts
Muffetees
thumb hole
Attached to flaring cuffs
wool or cotton batting
silk taffeta ribbon bow
Mitts
Muffetees
thumb hole
Attached to flaring cuffs
wool or cotton batting
silk taffeta ribbon bow
Silk
Velvet
Wool
Cotton
Taffeta Ribbon