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Carter No.: 050u

Handlist description: Tapestry woven gauntlet of linen

Card/Transcription No.: 050u


50 (u) Tapestry woven gauntlet of linen

<> 7 15.5 circ 48 15 a a 28 5

Driving glove(?) of tapestry woven cloth. Lined with fine linen. Left hand (?). Palm of the hand, i.e. under upper part, also of fine linen. 3 bindings on each side, starting at 2, 12.5 and 23 from bottom. These were strips of cloth, doubled over to about .8, with edges sewn together. In woven feather pattern, in green and ? other colours.

Cp. 43 (e) and 79 (u.8).

Treatment Sprayed with a solution of celluloid in amyl acetate.

Card no. 050u relating to Carter no. 050u
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