Glove box
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, Silk
Measurements
89 mm (H)314 mm (W)245 mm (D)
Collection
Killerton, Devon
NT 1355701
Summary
Cardboard glove box covered in pale green silk. Hinged at rear. Trimmed with pale green braid. Has knob at botton front. Top has panel of silk in a 'padded' effect. (quilted and then buttoned down to form cushions)
Provenance
this item belonged to Miss Bensted's great grandmother who died 1910 or 1912. She kept gloves in it and every Christmas her husband made the gloves up to one dozen pairs.