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Pair of Men's Gloves

England · 1625/50 · 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

From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

Subjects

textile needlework (visual works)costume accessory silk (fiber)

Credit linePair of Men's Gloves. 1625/50. England. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of an anonymous donor. CC0.

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