Mitten
Category
Costume
Date
1860
Materials
Machine-knitted silk.
Measurements
310 x 80 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 603874.1
Summary
A woman's mitten from a pair of mittens, long, made from black machine-knitted silk. The open weave mitten is decorated across the main ground with mixed spot and diamond motifs and is otherwise undecorated. A small sticky label attached to the inner face of the cuff reads, "Ferguson Gift", the name of the donor.
Provenance
Gift of Ferguson
Marks and inscriptions
Stuck to inner cuff face.: A small sticky label attached to the inner cuff face of the mitten reads, "Ferguson Gift". Refer to associated photograph for further details.