Handschuh

Handschuh, einzeln, vor 1750, Andalusien? UK-London, Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Invertebrates I (Mollusca) Label: Sloane specimen no. 4912 (MS-Inventar 15)

Muschelseide, glatt rechts gestrickt, 7 M/cm, B Handgelenk 8 cm, Abschluss 11 cm, L 28 cm, Fransen an Abschluss und Handgelenk

Etikette zum Objekt: A women’s glove in stockinet (knitted). From the Sloane collection ?1778. Two rows of reversed stockinet with knitted fringe at the cuff, the same decorative work round the wrist. 6.5 stitches to 10mm. From Andalusia. Illustrated in J. and A. van Rymsdyk Museum Britannicum pXII fig 2. (SLOANE 4912) – Displayed during NHM Sloane Collections visit July 10th 2013

Dieser Handschuh ist abgebildet im Buch von J. & A. van Rymsdyk aus dem Jahr 1778 Magnificent Cabinet, the British Museum. Es enthält several figures of Sloane shells; in particular a plate devoted to the Pinna, ‚Pinna marina‘ or Fan Mussel, with figures of the shell, and a pair of gloves woven from the fibres of its silky byssus, from Andalusia, presented to Sir Hans Sloane by the Duke of Richmond. One of these gloves is still extant and in good preservation. Falls diese Handschuhe tatsächlich aus Andalusien kommen würden, wäre es bis heute das einzige Objekt aus Spanien.

Etikette: One oft he most curious items among the invertebrate collections is a glove made from the byssal threads of a Pinna shell. This glove, one of a pair, was figured by J. & A. Van Rymsdyk in Museum Britannicum, 1778.

Richard Rutt, eine Autorität in der Geschichte des Handstrickens, hat diesen Handschuh 1992 analysiert. Er bezeichnet ihn als a woman’s glove, one only, Sloane 4912. It is knitted in stockinet: ‚Two rows of reversed stockinet with knitted fringe at the cuff, the same decorative work round the wrist. 6.5 stitches to 10 mm.‘