Pair of arm length purple gloves from Mae's Millinery Shop
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pair of arm length purple gloves from Mae's Millinery Shop

Van Raalte, American, 1907 - 2000 · 1941-1994

rayon with glass buttons
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pair of arm length rayon knit dark purple gloves. The gloves are seamed down the exterior side and around the fingers. Each glove has an opening at the wrist that closes with two (2) pearlized purple glass buttons each. A manufacturer's label is sewn to the seam at the interior opening of the left glove that reads "Van Raalte Co. Inc. / RAYON 7 1/2 / MADE IN U.S.A." in blue embroidered text.

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