The Bard Graduate Center
The BGC is a graduate research institute committed to studying the cultural history of the material world. Our
degree programs,
research projects and
exhibition program together work to suggest a new field of questions at the crossroads where decorative arts, design history and material culture studies meet.
"Object of the Month" is a new web column. Each month an invited
guest "curator" will discuss—from any number of perspectives—an object currently on view in the BGC Gallery.
"Pair of Gloves with Emblematic Decoration"
By Melinda Watt
"Despite the present fragile and somewhat degraded condition of these gloves, they retain enough of their sumptuous embroidered decoration to convey the luxury of the highest quality embroidered components of late Tudor and early Stuart era dress. Portraits from the period are replete with minutely detailed representations of entire garments incorporating emblematic symbols and complex stylized patterns..."
