Gloves & Mittens

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Renaissance Clothing and the Materials of Memory A History of Hand Knitting Medieval Tailor's Assistant: Making Common Garments 1200-1500

Gloves appear in two sets of contexts before the 16th century: in ecclesiastical and royal/ceremonial contexts, and in scenes of outdoor labor and falconry. They don't seem to be worn as fashionable accessories until the very end of the 15th century.

I've attempted to divide up the gloves by type. For additional information on the history of gloves and their manufacture, see Gloves, their annals and associations and also these links. This discussion features several images of the types of gloves worn with armor.



MITTENS

THREE-FINGERED GLOVES (aka SPLIT MITTENS)

FIVE-FINGERED GLOVES: ECCLESIASTICAL/ROYAL CONTEXTS

FIVE-FINGERED GLOVES: FALCONRY CONTEXTS

FIVE-FINGERED GLOVES: MISCELLANEOUS OTHER CONTEXTS