Gloves part 5

Wrapping up the leather gloves:

This first pair is pretty much the standard leather glove, so I'll let you enjoy the pictures without my rambling.

This last pair is notable because it's, well, bad. Some of this is due to wear and tear, but some of it is due to poor materials and sloppy construction.

The holes that the needle made when creating the pin-tuck effect on the back have stretched, so that now they lie flat.

The fingers are very crooked. This could just mean that they don't fit my hands, but considering that these were the same woman's gloves and all the others fit at least adequately, that is unlikely.

The thumb has also stretched out so that it is much longer than any human thumb.

Tearing at the gussets.

Stretching along the cuff. A lot of the gloves have this, though, so I can't blame the glove-makers too much - BB must have just pulled too hard on her gloves.

Just a quick thought...

Is it bad that I dream about finding vintage shoes....

Gloves part 4

The rest of the gloves in the box were left loose, so I have divided them into groups of leather and knit. For this part, I'm back at college, hence the change of background color and the annoying shadows. Here are the leather pairs:

This pair is of quite thick greyish tan leather, suede side out. All the stitches are on the outside, and it has about the same pattern as the first pair of gloves (the black ones) in this series.

It has a unique decoration: two rows of pin-tucks going around the bottom and a short section just on the outside center. These are not always evenly spaced; it seems like perfection is often ignored in glove-making.

The stitches are not quite as large as the ones on the long black pair.

The usual wedge piece in the gusset.

The two gussets and front and back all meet at a point.

Printed on the inside there seems to be "Daurevy," but the last few letters are quite obscured.

The inside of the left glove gives the size and style, and another print from the manufacturer. The top line in illegible, though it looks like it begins with an "F" and ends with a "d." The bottom line is "Haute-Couture."

There is another stamp from the manufacturer; I think is says "WASHABLE SKIN," however, I can only read the first two letters of the top line.

This pair had become too stiff for me to put on. It is interesting to note that the leather around the heel of the hand and base of the thumb remained fairly soft and pliable.

That gusset we've come to know and love.

This is unusual: there is a seam in the gusset, but it is not turned to the inside. Instead, one side overlaps the other.

The cut of the thumb is much less angular than you normally see.

I've seen this on a couple of other pairs: the side of thumb is sewn with the back-side overlapping the palm-side, but for the tip, both sides are turned in.

Overlapping side seam.

A number, probably 10, althought it could be 70.

The size: 7 1/2, and the word "LAVABIL" probably the maker of the glove.

Another random number.

This pink pair has several anomalies. The leather side is out, suede side in.

All the seam allowances are turned in and appear to be done by machine.

Both a wedge and a seam in the finger gusset (that one's not so strange.)

The front and back pieces meet, cutting off the gusset (and getting quite dirty. It seems like these may have been a favorite pair and were used more.)

Here's something crazy: they're lined! with a synthetic knit. This was probably necessary because the leather of the gloves in extremely thin.

Both layers are turned in the sewn together for the side seam. You can also see a little hole that appears to be burned, but it doesn't show on the leather layer.

And the size: 7 1/2.

The rest of the leather gloves will be up soon.

Gloves part 3

This next set I'm calling the "Bag Gloves" because they were in a large plastic bag and they were quite similar so I only took details of one pair.

These off-white gloves are almost identical to the black gloves in the first gloves post. They are somewhat thick kid leather, suede side out. They have the same detail on the back of the hand, all seam allowances on the outside, sewn by hand.

This says "B. Gould 40." I can only assume that 40 refers to the year she bought them.

In the bag, there were two other identical pairs - one had stiffened so I could not get them on.

There was another pair that was slightly longer and without the three rows of decorative stitching.

The size.

To me, this looks like "Gould, DENNEIR 16" but I'm probably wrong because that makes no sense.

Gloves part 2

Continuing on to what I call the "Box Gloves." These four pairs were in their own box:

With some useful advice!

Here is a white knit pair. The usual side seam is not present, but there is instead a flat felled seam going from between the little and ring fingers to the button.

Most seams are on the outside.

A bit of mending

This pair also has seams in the gussets between each finger.

Another view of a gusset seam.

The facing on the inside around the button hole. These stitching, as well as the flat felled seam and the whipstiches around the bottom appear to be done by hand, while the stitches around the fingers were probably done by machine.

Another knit pair. They were probably once white, but now they are quite dull. They are sewn entirely by machine.

The thumb is attachted with the main glove overlapping the thumb piece and the edges left to fray. The space between the two rows of stitching is uneven in several places.

There are no seams at all in the gusset.

The front and back of the glove fingers do not touch, so there is one continuous gusset running from the tip of the little finger to the tip of the index finger. The seam of the gusset and palm is turned in, while the seam of the gusset and back is like the thumb seam: the main overlapping the gusset.

A detail of the bow

You can just see a very faint blue "B," presumably for "Beatrice"

The inside of the glove, showing the piping along the bottom, with is self fabric cut perpendicular to the main part of the glove. You can also see the knot of the stitch holding down the decorative bow.

These gloves are very fine kid leather, with the leather side out, suede side in.

Like the black gloves there is decorative stitching along the back, this time in three double rows.

Thumb attachment is identical to the previous pair.

The backstitching on the side seam.

The gusset is in 6 pieces, with seams between each finger and the two main parts of the glove touching, cutting off the gusset.

Between the fingers.

There is a little stretching at the opening.

Another knit pair. Most of the stitching is done my machine.

This thumb is much simpler than the others. It is a rough oval, without the "zig-zag" that most gloves have along the webbing between the thumb and index finger.

There are several tiny runs in the knit.

These have one contiuous gusset.

There is a bit of elastic, a little over an inch long, on the inside of the wrist.

The interior of the side seam.

The interior of the rhinestone decoration. You can also see the whipstitching which is almost invisible from the outside.

Let me know if you want any more details - either photos or information.