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Rare Cotton Glove
c 1780


Love the way the thumb seaming has been worked. This looks very similar to one at Colonial Williamsburg. See p 117 What Clothes Reveal Baumgarten, Linda.


Cataloguing


woman's, of rich buff colour, all hand stitched, a diagonal seam on the underside of the glove near the elbow, 21 in or 53 cm long; 3 3/4 in or9 cm width below thumb.


Condition


As you should be able to see from the photos there are some stains and grubbiness.