Evening gloves

1805

Not on view

All hand sewn, the construction of the gloves is particularly detailed for the period. Between each finger are small diamond-shaped gussets (quirks) which would have required considerable skill to fashion in leather.

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Exhibition History

Title: Evening gloves
Date: 1805
Culture: American
Medium: leather
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the Jason and Peggy Westerfield Collection, 1969
Object Number: 2009.300.3331a, b
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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