WHITE LEATHER GLOVES

These gloves presumably belonged to a member of the Dohrn family, founded by Anton Dohrn, first Director of the Zoological Research Institute established in March 1872.

Anton Dohrn was born in Szczecin, Pomerania, part of today’s Poland, in 1840, in an upper-middle class family. He studied zoology and medicine in several German universities, albeit without much enthusiasm.

His ideals changed in the summer of 1862, when he came to Jena and met Ernst Haeckel, who introduced him to the works and theories of Charles Darwin.

Donated from the Dohrn Collection, late 19th – early 20th century

Permanent museum holdings of the Fondazione Mondragone, Naples, Museo della Moda