Gloves

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Gloves

Entry/Object ID

CW 741 c

Description

Gloves (pair). Long white kid gloves with rows of val lace inserts. Part of a wedding ensemble. Excellent condition. Circa 1879. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Provenance

Notes

Val lace is also known as French Val lace, Valenciennes lace, bobbin lace and heirloom lace. It is usually made of linen threads but later, cotton was used. The lace is worked in one piece with the same thread forming the ground and the motif. (Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/valenciennes)