Gloves
Category
Costume
Date
1660 - 1670
Materials
Silk and leather
Measurements
268 mm (Length)
Collection
Claydon House, Buckinghamshire
NT 1446624.4
Summary
A PAIR OF GLOVES A pair of brown kid leather gloves, part of the Wedding Suit from Claydon, dated 1660-70, with bunches of decorative ribbons around the cuff of each glove.
Provenance
Linked to a bill in the Verney family archive dated 18 May 1660 and thought to have been made for the wedding of Sir Edmund Verney (1636-88); by descent in the Verney family; accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust for display at Claydon House, 2005.