Hand or machine knit fine brown silk [*] tube with thumb hole. Attached to flaring cuffs of brown silk velvet with tiny light brown dots, lined with blue silk and filled with wool or cotton batting. Finished with small brown silk taffeta ribbon bow at CF where two parts join. *Feels like soft cotton but looks wooly under lens.
Collection
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Made/Created
Date made
1800 - 1850
Notes
User Age: Adult
Gender: Female
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Mitts, Muffetees, thumb hole, Attached to flaring cuffs, wool or cotton batting, silk taffeta ribbon bow, Mitts, Muffetees, thumb hole, Attached to flaring cuffs, wool or cotton batting, silk taffeta ribbon bow
