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Carter No.: 089a

Handlist description: Linen gauntlet

Card/Transcription No.: 089a-1


89 (a) Linen Gauntlet.

<> 4.5 4.5 3.5 12.5 Sewn from here up 18.5 5 24 13 38

Driving gauntlet (?) of linen. Outside of coarse linen; lined with very fine linen. This a left hand glove ? 3 fingers in one stall, first in the other; thumb free.

Upper part of glove ended in a narrow band, & was open along dotted lines. Lining cloth turned over lower rim, and sewn, .7 wide. Similar at sides, .4. Just above this turn over a loop of cloth 3 x 1.3 was sewn: this for the lowest binding cord to pass through.

Three binding cords on each side. These were sewn to under side of glove a distance of about 2.5, and were about 27 long

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Card no. 089a-1 relating to Carter no. 089a
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