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Pair of gloves
English
Early 17th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Leather embroidered with silk, seed pearls, metallic threads, and spangles, and trimmed with metallic bobbin lace and silk and metallic ribbon
Dimensions
Overall: 36 x 20 cm (14 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Lehman in memory of his wife Carrie L. Lehman
Accession Number38.1351a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLeather glove, seams marked with plaited braid stitch in gold thread, the cuff embroidered with several types of metal thread and seed pearls. Pearls used for the chief features of design of dogs, birds, and deer. Trimmed with gold and silver bobbin lace and silk and metallic ribbon.
ProvenanceCarrie Lauer Lehman (d. 1937), New York; to her husband, Philip Lehman (b. 1861 - d. 1947), New York; 1938, gift of Philip Lehman to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 21, 1938)