Gloves
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Pair of red Cardinal's gloves with cuffs embroidered in gold metallic yarns and flat gold disks in a vine design with grape clusters. Sacred monogram, IHS, in rayed disk, embroidered in gold on back of each glove. Sewn inside one glove, a handwritten label: "Cardinal's gloves – real gold embroidery. Bought in Rome, 1897."
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-55-19-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Gloves
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic yarns, spangles Technique: knitted, sewn, and embroidered Label: knitted silk, embroidered with metallic yarns and spangles
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (each): 26 x 14 cm (10 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)