Elbow long single lady’s glove

Elbow long single lady’s glove, time and origin unknown, right, F- Paris, MNHN 1222 (MS-inventory 55).

Detail pattern on elbow long single lady’s glove

Elbow long single lady’s glove, time and origin unknown, right, F- Paris, MNHN 1222 (MS-inventory 55).

Sea silk, plain right knit, with three star-shaped patterns on the back of the hand, connected by stripes to the base of the fingers, with opening at the tip of the thumb, jagged pattern at the end.

The French National Museum of Natural History is a child of the Revolution. The decree of 10 June 1793 created the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, the result of the merger of the Jardin du Roi and the Cabinet d’histoire naturelle. The Cabinet du Roi, as it was also called, housed mainly plant and mineralogical collections.

On the other hand, we know that Giuseppe Basso-Arnoux from Sardinia was in contact with Louis Joubin (1861-1935), who was head of the malacological department of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle from 1917. Could he have been the supplier of these two objects?