A woman's pair of gloves, British 1850s; machine-knit black silk with coloured hand embroidery A pair of gloves, forerarm length, machine-knit flat and hand-sewn together with inset thumb. They are knit in broad bands of black silk in stocking stitch with triangles of lace eyelets, alternating with narrow bands of light green silk in stocking stitch. The gloves are hand-embroidered in green and pink silk in a pattern of roses.