Pair of light cream gloves with openwork design from Mae's Millinery Shop

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Pair of light cream gloves with open cutwork lattice design on back of hands. The cotton knit gloves are seamed at the exterior side of the palm and along the fingers, with the seams left raw. There is a deep slit in the wrist at the center palm. The left (a) glove has a manufacturer's label sewn into the seam that reads "Van Raalte" in blue embroidered text. The right (b) glove has printed text in the interior palm that reads "ALL COTTON / EXCLUSIVE / OF ORNAMENTATION / SEWN IN PHILIPPINES".

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