A beautiful pair of antique Victorian mourning funeral order gloves.

We are pleased to offer this superb pair of gloves.

Recently discovered at the estate sale of an old house here in Normandy.

A small size these are beautifully made in cotton.
In good condition for their age with some minor damage.


Mourning in the order nineteenth century was a serious business on many levels. The visual codes that indicated a state of mourning were myriad, but nothing expressed and conveyed the experience of loss and sadness more than the clothing and accessories of the period. When a woman gave up her everyday fashions for mourning attire, she was still expected to adopt the latest fashionable silhouette and accessories, albeit all in black, for the first phase of the mourning period.

Shipped from the heart of rural Normandy.