Glove

Object Name:

Glove

Object ID:

2000.012.08 a-b

Date:

circa 1870

Description:

Pair of woman's gloves. Tanned leather, cream color. Tapered, with wrist closures. Several markings (numbers) inside gloves. Closure is by cord, wrapped around 7 sets of brass hooks. Cord still present on one glove (A), broken on other glove (B). Cotton tape along interior of opening. 10.5" long.
A. Left glove. Number written inside glove: 40
B. Right glove. Numbers written inside glove: 2, 10, 74, 77, 95, 105, 7348, as well as illegible red stamp

Material:

Leather

Dimensions:

L-10.5 inches

Provenance:

Handwritten note with gloves reads: "Fannie Roberts Haubrich wedding gloves." Note from donor (granddaughter of Fannie Haubrich): "These garments were ... used as teaching tools for my Historic Costume and Design course at Hesser College in Manchester, NH."

Credit Line:

Gift of Anne Landini