Museum object · Clothing - Fashion and Historical
Cream knit gloves with corded details
mid-20th century
Smithsonian NMAAHC collection
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A pair of cream knit gloves with corded details. The gloves are made of knitted silk jersey and have four diagonal corded elements sewn along the top of each glove at wrist level. The two central cords are arranged in a rounded zigzag. The gloves are machine sewn and unlined. The gloves have a machine sewn rolled hem. A small label sewn along the interior side seam of the proper right glove (b) which reads [6 1/2 / Van Raalte Co. Inc / MADE IN U.S.A.]. This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
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Catalog reference: 2007.3.732ab
