Child's glove
Dents
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1920 - 1940
Materials
Kid leather and metal
Measurements
Each glove - 128 mm (length)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 657531
Summary
A pair of child's cream kid-leather gloves (circa 1920 - 1940) tied together with a length of narrow pink ribbon. The gloves are dirty and worn. On the back of the palm are three longitudinal tucks and the gloves close at the wrist with a metal press stud. On the top of the stud is imprinted 'Dents' (Dents is a British company that crafts luxury leather gloves, handbags, small leather goods, and cashmere socks, and has factories in Worcester and London. Their techniques are still used today). The opening of the gloves is trimmed with leather piping.
Marks and inscriptions
On the opening/closing at the wrist on a metal press stud: 'DENTS'
Makers and roles
Dents , maker