Handmade When Grenoble gloved the world

Exhibition “Handmade. When Grenoble Gloved the world.”

– Part 12

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Pair of straw-yellow kidskin evening gloves with yellow ostrich feathers around the top of the sleeve, 1955

Perrin glove company

Perrin collection, Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

Pair of long white kidskin evening gloves, embroidered with flowers and a basket, between 1890 and 1914

Jouvin glove company

Xavier Jouvin coll.

Pair of blue mid-length suede kidskin gloves elaborately decorated with a large crescent moon and a composition possibly depicting a comet or a shooting star, 1954

Perrin glove company

Perrin collection, Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

2

Pair of cream-coloured mid-length kidskin gloves, decorated with long snakes in relief wrapped around the arm, second half of the 20th century

Perrin glove company

Perrin collection, Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

Pair of black kidskin evening gloves decorated with ears of wheat made from pearls and sequins sewn along the sleeve, 1953

Perrin glove company

Perrin collection, Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

Pair of gloves featuring cuffs decorated with embroidery, circa 1930

Jouvin glove company

Maurice Rey-Jouvin coll.

Pair of suede gloves and matching bag decorated with blue flowers, Beauvais set, circa 1960

Jouvin glove company

Maurice Rey-Jouvin coll.

Pair of child’s gloves made from glazed kidskin and suede, embellished with two embroidered chevrons, second half of the 20th century

Perrin glove company

Perrin collection, Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

Pair of leather and textile child’s ski gloves, second half of the 20th century

Repiton-Préneuf glove company

Repiton-Préneuf coll.

Reproduction of a glove that was part of the coronation outfit worn by Queen Elizabeth II of England. White kidskin glove with a silk jersey cuff, hand embroidered with gold and silver metallic thread and the royal crown accompanied by the initials “E II R” meaning “Elizabeth II Regina”, 1952

Perrin glove company

Perrin collection, Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

List of sweet boxes given to American customers, circa 1923

Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

3

Perrin Gloves shop front, 22 Rue Royale, Paris, 1950

Ph., anonymous

Perrin coll.

4

Image of a model inspired by the cover of the magazine Ganterie : Revue technique de la ganterie française, September 1924, 2021

Dress made by Sabine Lantz, gloves made by Jean Strazzeri

Dauphinois Museum coll. – Department of Isère    

5

Jouvin Gloves shop front, 1 bis Rue Auber, Paris, early 20th century

Ph., anonymous

Maurice Rey-Jouvin coll.

6

 

Sorel glove box, mid-20th century

Sorel Family coll.

Box used for the sale of Perrin gloves, 20th century

Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

Carrel glove box, 20th century

Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

Panneau des tarifs anglais de la maison Jouvin, seconde moitié du 19e siècle

Maison Jouvin

Coll. Maurice Rey-Jouvin

Tortoiseshell glove maker’s tongs, 20th century

Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère   

Glove maker’s tongs made from bone, late 19th - early 20th century

Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

Varnished wooden hand with pieces of thin white leather positioned around the wrist and on the palm of the hand, circa 1890

Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

Beige one-piece leather glove with four press studs, displayed on a wooden hand, 1893

Avellino glove company

Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

Boxwood talc pot, 20th century

Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

Bottom - Boxwood talc pot, 20th century

Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

Leather measuring tape once belonging to Eugène Gaillard, 20th century

Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère.

Large catalogue displaying 42 embroidery designs for gloves, first half of the 20th century

Catalogue displaying embroidery designs, previously used by Georges and Louis Parot, sales representatives of Perrin Frères & Cie, after 1914

Catalogue displaying button designs, previously used by Georges and Louis Parot, sales representatives of Perrin Frères & Cie, after 1914

Small booklet displaying 16 models of glove cuff fastenings, decorations and finishes, previously used by Georges or Louis Parot, sales representatives of Perrin Frères & Cie, after 1914

Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

Glove shop sign representing a gloved hand, gilded zinc, late 19th - early 20th century

Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

Glove shop sign representing a gloved hand, red wood, circa 1870

Dauphinois Museum coll. - Department of Isère

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Pop-up store of the Alexandre glove company, opened to coincide with the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts, Alexandre III bridge, Paris, 1925

Ph., anonymous

Cornu coll.