Black and Brown Leather Antique Button Back Catcher's Mitt Museum of Arts and Design especially on the strap

especially on the strap

9 3/4" long x 7" tall x 2" wide

original to its creation

paper size 5 7/8” x 9 3/4”

original to its making

Black and Brown Leather Antique Button Back Catcher's Mitt Museum of Arts and Design especially on the strapI think this old catcher's mitt is such a gorgeous sculptural object, I'd hang it on the wall. Admittedly, I don't know much about these antique gloves which can be quite precious but I just love this thing, especially for the contrast between the brown leather glove and the black leather mitt to which it is sewn which brings the construction of the whole thing into relief, and amplifies a sense of it's pillow like thickness. The strap of the glove