Glove
Date1610-1620
OriginEngland
MediumKid leather; silk ribbon; metallic embroidery; sequins and bullion on silk satin.
DimensionsOL: 12"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1968-105
DescriptionMan's glove for right hand made of chamois-color kid with long, slim tapered fingers. Seams of fingers are buttonhole-stitched and some further covered with gold metallic threads. Flared gauntlet cuff of rose pink satin is elaborately embroidered with gold purl and sequins in a pattern of stylized flowers; cuff is faced with rose taffeta; two ribbon cuff bands are edged with narrow gold lace. The white kid lining is inscribed in ink, "These were the wedding gloves of [blank] Cox of [blank] who married Ann the sister of Mr [blank] Rochester of [Warnock] & Mrs Catharine Rochester of Lewes." Stitches and techniques include applied sequins and couching. Some metallic embroidery is missing at borders of gauntlet.Construction History:
1. 1610-1620 Initial Construction History
2. 1968- 1999 Replacement fringe added to areas of loss
Label TextGloves were important fashionable and symbolic accessories for men and women. Gloves were often given as gifts and as mementos at funerals. Bishops sometimes wore gloves during Roman Catholic services. The glove with the pink cuff has a history of being a man’s wedding glove.
MarkingsIn ink "These were the wedding gloves of [blank] Cox of [blank] who married Ann the sister of Mr [blank] Rochester of [Warnock] & Mrs Catharine Rochester of Lewes."
ProvenanceAccording to inscription, this was one of a pair of wedding gloves. Ex Coll: Doris Langley Moore.
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