Women's Dress Gloves

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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The Recorded Image Project

Name/Title

Women's Dress Gloves

Entry/Object ID

RE-CL-2026-0003

Description

1870-1890

Use

Gloves

Category

Gloves, 19th Century, Victorian

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Gloves

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Kid Leather

Material

Velvet, Beads

Color

White

Notes

Women’s white kid-leather gloves, c. 1880. Finely embroidered with floral motifs and hand-finished seams, such gloves were essential accessories for respectable Victorian women attending social and religious events. This is classic kid leather (young goat), the premium glove material of the Victorian era. Cheaper cotton or fabric gloves were far more common — these were not everyday accessories.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1870 - circa 1890

Time Period

Victorian, 19th Century

Place

Country

England

Notes

Raised embroidered rosettes at the cuff. Floral band encircling the wrist. Fine three-line finger stitching (a classic tailoring marker). Piped seams along fingers.

Create Date

January 16, 2026