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Pair of Gloves

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1834-1867

GUSN

GUSN-40596

Description

Yellow gloves with three rows of chain stitch on top and feather stitching around thumb.

Details

Descriptive Terms

gloves
accessories
stitching
silk (textile)
crepe (textile)
Glove
Glove

Inscription

Handwritten note in ink: ""Yellow crepe gloves - Horace Gray - China b. June 19, 1821. d. July 18, 1901, in New York. Spent many years in China as agent to Baring Bros. Son of William R. Gray.""

Additional Identification Number

1940.457A-B

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Hope Gray

Accession Number

1940.457AB

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