Two elbow length white silk wedding gloves.  The sleeve of each glove tapers from the elbow to the wrist and under each wrist are two round cloth-covered wrist buttons.  There is light tea-colored staining on palm of each glove.

Mary Alepokoritis married Tom Skordoulis in September of 1924. Their daughter, Tina Foutris, donated the gloves.

Bridal gloves were originally worn to show status and power, when gloves were worn to all formal ceremonies. It is said that the longer the glove, the more formal the occasion. in the 18th and 19th centuries, gloves were a were a wedding favor to all guests. Gloves worn by the bride are supposed to symbolize grace.

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