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Collections

Woman's Mitts1700-1725

Not on view
Pair of cream fabric mitts with allover gold and green floral embroidery and green-bound edges, displayed flat
Pair of cream fabric gauntlet gloves with dense gold thread embroidery in a scrolling floral pattern, trimmed with green ribbon along the edges, displayed flat on a neutral background.
Textile fragment with tan running-stitch embroidery on undyed linen, depicting a repeating pattern of stylized flowers, lotus forms, and curling leaves; a folded edge reveals a second embroidered layer beneath, with chain-stitched floral motifs in golden thread.
Embroidered textile fragment on loosely woven ivory cloth, featuring floral and vine motifs in cream-colored thread using chain stitch and running stitch, with vertical braided borders dividing the surface into panels.

Unknown, Woman's Mitts, 1700-1725, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Mitts
Place Made
Probably India for the Western market
Date Made
1700-1725
Medium
Linen plain weave with silk embroidery
Dimensions
Length: 13 1/2 in. (34.29 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.80.43.4a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.
  • Blanco F., José and Mary D. Doering, eds. Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe, vol. 1, Pre-Colonial Times Through the American Revolution. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016.