Gloves

Unknown

fourth quarter 19th century · wool, metal · Costume Institute

The bright pink of these knitted gloves denotes the use of synthetic dye. The dense embroidery and applique includes multiple images of the goddess figure and patterning that is evocative in shape of the protective eye common to many cultures. It is important to note that while this object is identified as being from Yugoslavia, that entity in the Balkan region did not exist until after World War I--first as the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, then, after 1929, as Yugoslavia (“land of south Slavs").

Artist

Unknown

Date

fourth quarter 19th century

Medium

wool, metal

Culture

European, Eastern

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Malvina Hoffman, 1934