Fashion — 1749-1800
Mitten
Pair of fine black linen lace mittens. Made from three pieces: hand, small gauntlet and thumb piece. Handpiece extends to knuckles only. Silk drawstring ribbon is picot edged black silk at wrist. Hand-made flower motifs made separately (tape type) and then applied (Honiton). Condition: disintegrating at wrist. Seam along outer edge is sewn with spaced whip/fell stitches; thumb piece is also set in with similar whip/fell stitches; drawstring at wrist has a knotted thread casing.
- Category:
- Fashion
- Object ID:
- 63.77/12a-b
- Object name:
- mitten
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- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- 1749-1800
- Material:
linen, silk
- Measurements/duration:
- L 152 mm, W 125 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 40%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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