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A work made of gloves: white kid leather; gauntlets: linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and gilt- and silvered-metal purl, coiled wires, and spangles in detached buttonhole, padded detached buttonhole, plaited braid.

Pair of Men's Gloves

1625/50

England

England

Gloves: white kid leather; gauntlets: linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and gilt- and silvered-metal purl, coiled wires, and spangles in detached buttonhole, padded detached buttonhole, plaited braid

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