Until the early 1960s, women wore gloves and a hat when going out. We have memories of our gramma in her pillbox, holding her gloves and her purse. She was a proper New England eccentric, but she was also a proper lady when it came to hats and gloves. There is a beautiful pair of luxuriously embroidered gloves in this week’s fresh to market vintage, and that brings up an ongoing question about vintage gloves: how do you confidently order vintage gloves online and know they will fit?
Gloves have sizes. Unlike vintage clothing sizes, glove sizes have not changed that much over the years. Many vintage gloves have tags inside with their size, or even better, are new with tags. To find your proper size, measure around the widest part of your dominant hand, excluding your thumb. Cornelia James, a modern maker of gloves, has an excellent how-to video and sizing chart.
The length of your fingers, width of your fingers and size of your wrist need also be considered. Size up if you have long fingers, round fingers and a larger wrist. The material the gloves are made of is also a factor. Cotton and nylon gloves have more give to them than leather gloves.
If gloves are not your fancy, read on. We have three other things in this week’s fresh to market vintage that are not gloves.
Yemenite Embroidered Ladies Gloves
As this weekend covers both Passover and Palm Sunday, these Yemenite embroidered gloves seemed fitting. Purchased in the 1970s in Israel, they are NOS (New Old Stock) never worn with the original tag and packaging. Beautifully embroidered with gold thread and made of a stretchy black jersey fabric, they would be a lovely way to accessorize your outfit for the holiday services.
Yemenite Embroidered Gloves, $27.95
-Pam, Vintage Renude
George Lefton Angel with Mirror
I am still hoping the the sweet month of April will bring forth the sun and warmth we all are craving, but alas more snow arrived here in New England last night! This adorable 1950s Lefton Birth Month Angel with her mirror is trying to determine if there are extra blue ribbons on her Easter bonnet or if that could actually be a bluebird. This line of boy and girl angels is getting harder to find. They are always in some delightful pose. Wishing all a warm and bluebird filled spring.
April Lefton Angel Figurine, $88.99
-Mary Ellen,Aunt Hatties Attic
Early Plastic Easter Basket c 1920s
What a sweet little handled plastic basket that I think may have been an Easter item back in the 20s. Lovely ivory color with an embossed design on the basket and a bow at the top of the handle. Molded, possibly unmarked celluloid or french ivory. Contains early brown paper “grass” which makes it perfect for holding a special tiny gift.
Early Embossed Plastic Basket, $75
-Linda, Selective Salvage
1980s Computer Gaming World Magazines
As personal computers emerged in the 1980s, so did PC computer games. Computer Gaming World was one of the first publications dedicated to those PC games. This collection of 13 issues from the 1980s is a time capsule of the first heady days of gaming at home.
13 issues of Computer Gaming World magazine from the 1980s, $145.
–Laurie, NextStage Vintage
That’s this week’s fresh to market vintage. We like to post lovelies; computer game magazines are definitely not something we’ve showcased before, but that is what makes vintage so interesting. You never know what you’re going to stumble across…
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