Art & Artifacts Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Thread |
Collection |
Wellmade Glove artifacts and records |
Object ID |
M1986.3.104a-n |
Year Range from |
1897 |
Year Range to |
1905 |
Dimension Details |
5/8" H x 5/8" W x 4 1/2" D |
Description |
Box of twelve spools of Merrick's Thread Company glove thread in chocolate brown; used at Wellmade Glove. HISTORICAL NOTE Wellmade Glove (later Wellmade Gloves) was a glove shop and manufacturer specializing in fine gloves produced from fabric and goat skin. The company was located at 480 Seventh Avenue in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Park Slope, and was owned and operated by Louis Lebman (1880-1969), a Polish immigrant who served his glovemaking apprenticeship in Gloversville, N.Y. Lebman lived with his wife, Rose, and their daughter, Maria, in the same building that housed Wellmade Glove. |
Place Names |
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Park Slope (New York, N.Y.) |
Subject Headings |
Business enterprises Immigrant business enterprises Leather garments industry |
Personal and Corporate Names |
American Thread Company Lebman, Louis, 1880-1969 Merrick Thread Company (Holyoke, MA) Wellmade Glove (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) |
Collection Finding Aid |
Wellmade Glove artifacts and records (ARC.224) |