Fashion — 1749-1800
Mitten
Pair of mittens in fine black silk lace. Made of two pieces, hand and thumb pieces. Length to first knuckles only. Vertical flower pattern and flower motif on thumb; hand made reseaux and motifs which have been made separately and applied. Fine black silk ribbon for drawstring with picot edge (?Honiton) at wrist. Condition: sound. Outer edge and set in thumb piece seams are both whipped from the underside; casing for ribbon drawstrings looks like insertion lace; tuck has been taken in each mitten in a dart/wedge shape with the wide end at the hand opening edge on the palm side, appears to be sewn with contemporary silk thread.
- Category:
- Fashion
- Object ID:
- 63.77/13a-b
- Object name:
- mitten
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- 1749-1800
- Material:
silk
- Measurements/duration:
- L 108 mm, W 95 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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