Pair of gloves c. 1910 - 1920

This is a pair of gloves by an anonymous artist. Think about the labor involved in making these gloves. Imagine the cutter, laying out the pattern on the fine leather, being economical with the expensive material. Then the sewer, hunched over their work, carefully stitching around each finger. I wonder if they were thinking about whose hands these gloves would eventually warm? Even though we don't know who made them, these gloves have a life of their own. They tell us something about the anonymous artist's daily life, or maybe about the time they lived in. These gloves are like a sculpture of the hand, a mold, or a ghostly impression. You know, artists are always looking to each other, responding to the generations who came before. They have silently influenced our culture and continue to change our perceptions of the world.