Pair of Men's Gloves
1600/50
Medium
Gloves: leather; Gauntlets: silk, satin weave; embroidered with linen, gilt-metal-coiled wire and strips, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in couching and padded couching; ribbons of silk, plain weave; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin straight lace; metal spangles
Dimensions
a: 35.5 × 19.2 cm (14 × 7 1/2 in.); b: 35.2 × 20.5 cm (13 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
Classification
textile
Department
Textiles
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
145322
About the Artist
Unknown
The artist designated as "Unknown" in our virtual museum's collection exemplifies a poignant chapter in art history: creators whose identities have faded into obscurity despite the enduring power of their work. With only one known artwork attributed to them in our holdings, this figure represents countless anonymous hands that shaped visual culture across centuries. Museums worldwide, including th...