Complex sentence: Episcopal gloves at the present day are knitted by machine or hand from silk thread, and ornamented on the back with a cross; the border of the opening for the hand is also, as a rule, embellished.
Split into simpler sentences: Episcopal gloves at the present day are knitted by machine or hand-woven from silk thread. They are normally ornamented on the back with a cross; the border of the opening for the hand is also, as a rule, embellished.