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Pair of elbow length cream leather gloves from Mae's Millinery Shop

1941-1994

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Pair of elbow length cream leather gloves lined in cream silk knit. The gloves are seamed down the exterior side and along the fingers. There is an opening at each wrist that closes with three (3) small pearl colored plastic buttons, none of which are currently attached to the gloves. There is a label sewn to the interior seam of the left glove that reads "Lining 100% Silk" in dark blue embroidery.

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Catalog reference: 2016.48.48.8ab

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