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.