Leather Glove
Dublin Core
Title
Leather Glove
Subject
Clothing and Personal Accessories
Description
Leather workman's mitten
Publisher
Museum of London
Date
15th century
Contributor
Timothy Kyle
Collection Items
Glove
A leather workman's glove used at a riverside labor site, probably in shipbuilding or dockwork. Shows signs of heavy wear; repaired with stitching.
Palm & Thumb of Leather Glove
Another angle of the glove at the Museum of London, showing in detail the stitching on the thumb and repairs made to the palm.
Dutch workman's glove
A nearly-contemporary Dutch workman's glove, showing similar construction, wear, and repairs
Manuscript Illumination of Peasant Laborer
Detail from the Luttrell Psalter, showing a peasant laborer working with leather gloves on (British Library, Add MS 42130, f. 87v)