West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-12-19
GLOVES.
How They Were Worn In Europ. Ccnturio.
Ago.

How They Were Worn in Europ. Ccnturie.
Ago.
Gloves do not appear TO have been
worn in England before the end of tho
tenth or beginning of the eleventh cen
tury, and their manufacture would APP
pear at that period specially German, as
five pairs of gloves made n considerable
part of the duty paid TO the English
sovereign Ethelred III. (979 to lOl6), los
u society of German merchants. for the
protection of their trade in this country.
a proof of their great rarity Their
previous absence is easily accounted for
10y the fact that the long sleeves of the
gowns supplied their place by being
brought over the hand. and the cloak or
mantle was made to answer the same
purpose. IL is remarkable that no
! gloves are visible in the BayeuN tapes
try; not even on the hands of Harold.
who carries "A hawk. WAGE, the Nor
man poet tells story of Raou Tais-
son, Lord of Cinguelis. playfully strik-
ing William of Normandy with his glove
previous To the battle of Valesdeur. i'm
lOi7; and in 1866 the gloves of Conan.
Duke of Brittany We're poisoned, at the
mstigation, il was strongly suspected, of
the unscrupulous Duke William aforo-
said; but II is certainly not before the
thirteenth century that gloves became
generally worn in England At the
latter part of that century the young
Normans covered their hands with
gloves too long and wide for doing any
thing needful. The elligies of Henry
III. and Richard l. at Fontevraud display
| oil Il, In ii. II.
and when King Johns coffin was
opened in 1897, at Worcester. ioweled
gloves were found on his hands.
Jewelcd gloves were also worn by tho
digniiied clergy, and appear to have
been of white silk or linen, and beauti-
fully embroidered Those which were
worn by William of Wykeham, and are
still preserved ut New College Oxford,
are of red silk with the sacred mono
gram, surrounded by Il glory, in gold
ON the backs. At what time it became
the custom To change the color OF the
! gloves according TO the color of the vest
ments Is not known. Gloves had come
into general use i'm the fourteenth
century amongst the better classes, who
were accustomed TO carry them i'm their
hands. 1t is not, however, till the
sixteenth century that We find constant
allusons TO and frequent representations
of them in portraits. Gloves were GUS
tomary New-Ycar's gifts in the six
tecnth century, but, being more cx-
! pensive than all could afford TO pur-
chase, money was given instead, which
was called glove money"
The short sleeves OF the ladies'
dresses in the reign of Charles II. intro
duccd the long kid glove, which has
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fashionable. Gloves trimmed with lace
are mentioned by Evelyn in his dcscrip-
| ton Of lady's toilette, and q con
temporary poet mentions:
Some of chicken skins for night.
! 10 Keep her hands plump, soft and white"
Long gloves are seen in the portrait OF
Mary, cOnsort of William Ill, and
! pair of thread gloves occurs in the i'm
ventory of "a lady's wardrobe in 1907.
Many ancient receipts are extant for
the pcrfuming Of gloves, and in an old
| French work published at Lyons i'm 1867
the precise directions for &" CiUettc tres
| cJq'ttse POur PdrtHmer gd1ds G cH Uin-
| drc les mdtns' is given. In these com
| positions musk, ambergris and civet
were the chief perfumes, and as they
were applied inside the gloves combined
with some sort of oil or grease their use
at the present day would be thought in
] tOlcrablc. In the middle of the last
! century the gloyers OF Paris were also
! the chief perfumers, and constituted
! considerable community, having stat
| utes and laws dating back as far as
1890. Perfumed skins were imported
| from Spain and Italy for the making of
! gloves, ard were very expensive and
/ "fOrt n ta mOdc,n but their powerful
! OdOr led TO their disusc, and Franeipani
! and NerOli became the only perfumes i'm
! fashion for gloves And we may here
remark that Frangipani owes is re-
nown to its inventor, a Marquis Frangi-
! pani, member OF very ancient and
/ illustriOus family Of Rome. and who
| was Marshal i'm the armies Of Louis
| Kill What the composition was that
| gained for the Marquis so much rcputa-
| tiOn Is not now known. but all sorts of
| utterly different perfumes are to this day
| sold under that name.
Gloves were frequently held out I'm
! prominent places in ancient times at
fairs, i'm token Of friendship to all
/ cOmcrs. In the city Of Chester espe-
| cially, that being place famous for the
| manufacture Of gloves, it was the Gus
! tom for some days before and during
| the continuance Of the fair 10 bring out
/ from tuc DWu-UHil their local emblem of
/ commerce, glove there by proclaimino
/ that nOn-frecnen and strangers were
/ permitted 10 trade within the city. a
/ privilege at all other times cnioyed by
/ the citizens alone
/ pretty little incident connected with
! gloves in ancient times is the circum-
( stance that Charles ". King Of Spain.
was 80 much under the influence Of any
| lady who wore white kid gloves that
/ the use Of them at court was strictly pro-
! hibited Modern royalty is not so fan
/ tastical
In the time Of Louis XIV. Of France
| The ladies 40 their toilette thought moth
I ing Of destroying half dozen pairs Of
! glove before they got one pair ~ it,
| They werc made of white skins. but or
/ namcnted with little ribbons and fine
| roscttes. English-srwn gloves were in
I the greatest request. and 10 used to be- a
| common saying that for glove 10 be
7 good three Kingdoms must contribute 10
jJ spain for iho leather. France for tho
/ yu;dng aud England for the sewing
/ Harpcy s. B1zdr
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Mrs. Celia Tbaxtcr and Miss Louisa
I AlCOft. of .rr.rE fame fDoka theis