A CHARLES I SILK EMBROIDERED GLOVE, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

A CHARLES I SILK EMBROIDERED GLOVE EARLY 17TH CENTURY A gentleman's gauntlet, of doeskin with scalloped cuffs, embroidered in fresh coloured silks, thread, trimmed in gilt bobbin lace and salmon silk ribbon, now framed and glazed, with label 'Charles I's glove' the glove 34cm high, frame 48.5 x 36cm Provenance: By repute, King Charles I, said to have been given to a lady-in-waiting and to have remained in her family for 300 years, then sold Christie's, South Kensington, 19th November 2002, lot 312, where purchased by Robert Kime Literature: Jenny Tiramani, 'Embroidered Kid Gloves', in Susan North and Jenny Tiramani, Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns, vol.1, London: V&A Publishing, 2011, pp.150-159 Yvonne Hackenbroch, English and Other Needlework Tapestries and Textiles in the Irwin Untermyer Collection, London Thames and Hudson, 1960, Figure 5 Plate 3 For similar please see a pair of gloves, dated to 1610-1630 in the V&A museum (ACCESSION NUMBER 201&A-1900).