Gloves

Unknown

17th century · leather, metal thread · Costume Institute

During the seventeenth century, elaborately embroidered gloves were commissioned to be made as presents for distinguished visitors, patrons, and heads of state. Their status as purely decorative objects, rather than practical everyday wear, has resulted in the survival of an unusually large number of gloves of this type.

Artist

Unknown

Date

17th century

Medium

leather, metal thread

Culture

British

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Gift of Miss Irene Lewisohn, 1940