Re: Innovative Glove & Mitt Designs
Posted: June 27th, 2023, 12:35 pm
The turn of the century was a transition period as workman's gloves began incorporating webs. Some manufacturers used a pragmatic solution to add a web to an older design glove without a forefinger seam. Spalding was one such manufacturer. The glove was the model AX from 1902-04. The webbing was face sewn onto the forefinger and riveted in place. The thumb attachment of the web didn't pose this problem. There was a seam along the inner thumb to machine sew a web while the glove maker still had the glove inside out.
There were a few other examples at http://www.baseballglovecollector.com besides the one below. They all seemed to be Spalding.
There were a few other examples at http://www.baseballglovecollector.com besides the one below. They all seemed to be Spalding.