WORK TABLE
Iron die cutter
1940-1970,
Fondo Casa del Guanto.
Thumb cutting tool.
Steel scissors
1950-1970,
Artigiano del Guanto.
Specific scissors used by glove makers for cutting forks, harnesses and glove hide in general.
Wooden rod
1950-1960,
Artigiano del Guanto.
Tool used to spread the glove fingers and check the seam tightness.
Wooden ruler
1950-1970,
Artigiano del Guanto.
Ruler with unit of measurement in pied de roi (French foot).
Iron gauge
1940-1970,
Fondo Casa del Guanto.
Tool used in splitting operations to cut off any excess leather in a clean and accurate manner.
Iron thumb gauges and dies
1990-2024,
Artigiano del Guanto
Iron cutting tools for men’s gloves.
Glove hide tools
1762,
Fondo Biblioteca SSIP.
Reproduction on paper of leather gloves manufacturing tools, taken from Diderot and d’Alembert’s Encyclopedie of 1762, and published in the facsimile reproduction ‘Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication. Art du cuir’, Paris, Bibliotheque de l’image, 2002.
Metal sewing machine
1950-1970,
Fondo Casa del Guanto.
Specific machine for stitching leather gloves with a saddle stitch.
Glove patterns
2018-2024,
Artigiano del Guanto.
Cardboard templates and gauges to check whether the split matched the size indicated on the passa (card glove).
Metal knife
1940-1970,
Gala Gloves.
Knife with sturdy blade and no cutting edge to cut the hem off leather.
Die-cut gauge with iron combs for trimming
1940-1980,
Gala Gloves.
Glove cutting tool with comb for perforating leather for hand stitching.
Wooden hands
1930-1970,
Artigiano del Guanto.
Hand structure used for glove lining.
Tube with iron base
1940-1970,
Sandro Temin.
Tool for tipping and spreading gloves.
Glove components
2024,
Azienda Andreano.
Glove parts before the stitching phase.