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UPenn School of Arts & Sciences: Exploring the Authenticity of a Pair of Storied Gloves
October 22, 2024
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences issued the following news:

Penn Libraries curator and conservator team up to research a pair of gloves rumored to have been Shakespeare's to see if the gloves could be from the 1600s.

The leather gloves, embroidered at the wrists, rest on a tufted pillow of red satin in a glassed wooden box, a fitting place for artifacts that have a history tied to the Englis . . .

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