Editing Glove (section)

==History==
[[File:Young boxers fresco, Akrotiri, Greece.jpg|thumb|[[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] youths boxing, [[Knossos]] fresco. One of the earliest documented uses of gloves.]]

[[File:Mawangdui Han Mitts (10113103185).jpg|thumb|[[Han dynasty]] half-finger mitts, 2nd century BCE, embroidered [[sericulture|silk]], unearthed from [[Mawangdui]].]]
Gloves appear to be of great antiquity. They are depicted in an ancient Egyptian tomb dating to the [[Fifth Dynasty of Egypt|5th dynasty]].<ref>{{Cite book |title= The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara 5: Tomb of Hesi |last= Kanawati |first= N.|publisher= Australian Centre for Egyptology |year= 2000 |pages=11–15, 53}}</ref> According to some translations of [[Homer]]'s ''The Odyssey'', [[Laertes (father of Odysseus)|Laërtes]] is described as wearing gloves while walking in his [[garden]] so as to avoid the [[bramble]]s.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=135}} (Other translations, however, insist that Laertes pulled his long sleeves over his hands.) [[Herodotus]], in ''The History of Herodotus'' (440&nbsp;BC), tells how [[Leotychides]] was incriminated by a glove ([[gauntlet (gloves)|gauntlet]]) full of [[silver]] that he received as a bribe.<ref>{{cite web |title=The History of Herodotus by Herodotus, Volume&nbsp;VI, at |url=http://classics.mit.edu/Herodotus/history.6.vi.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |publisher=Classics.mit.edu}}</ref> There are occasional references to the use of gloves among the Romans as well.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=135}} [[Pliny the Younger]] (c.&nbsp;100), his uncle's shorthand writer wore gloves in winter so as not to impede [[Pliny the Elder|the elder Pliny]]'s work.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pliny the Younger: Selected Letters |url=http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pliny-letters.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314072419/http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/pliny-letters.asp |archive-date=2014-03-14 |publisher=Fordham.edu}}</ref>

A [[Gauntlet (gloves)|gauntlet]], which could be a glove made of leather or some kind of metal armour, was a strategic part of a soldier's defense throughout the [[Middle Ages]], but the advent of [[firearms]] made [[hand-to-hand combat]] rare. As a result, the need for gauntlets disappeared.

During the 13th century, gloves began to be worn by ladies as a fashion [[fashion|ornament]]. They were made of linen and silk, and sometimes reached to the elbow.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=135}} Such worldly accoutrements were not for holy women, according to the early 13th&nbsp;century ''[[Ancrene Wisse]]'', written for their guidance.<ref>[[J.&nbsp;R.&nbsp;R.&nbsp;Tolkien]], ed. ''Ancrene Wisse'', 8. ''The English Text of the Ancrene Riwle: Ancrene Wisse'' (Early English Text Society, CCXLIX) London 1962, noted by Diane Bornstein, ''The Lady in the Tower'' (Hamden, Connecticut) 1983:25 note 4.</ref> [[Sumptuary law]]s were promulgated to restrain this vanity: against [[samite]] gloves in Bologna, 1294, against perfumed gloves in Rome, 1560.<ref>[[Marjorie O'Rourke Boyle]], "Coquette at the Cross? Magdalen in the Master of the Bartholomew Altar's Deposition at the Louvre" ''Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte'', '''59'''.4 (1996:573–577) assembles numerous historical references to gloves, with bibliography.</ref>

A Paris ''corporation'' or [[guild]] of glovers (''gantiers'') existed from the thirteenth century. They made them in skin or in fur.<ref>Étienne-Martin Saint-Léon, ''Histoire des corporation de métiers depuis leurs origines jusqu'à leur suppression en 1791'' (Paris) 1922, noted by Boyle 1996:174:10.</ref>

By 1440, in England glovers had become members of the Dubbers or Bookbinders Guild until they formed their own guild during the reign of [[Elizabeth I]]. The [[Glovers' Company]] was incorporated in 1613.<ref>{{cite web |title=Other [Wiltshire] industries |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol4/pp220-253 |access-date=29 December 2023 |publisher=British History Online}}</ref>

It was not until the 16th century that gloves reached their greatest elaboration, however, when [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;I]] set the fashion for wearing them richly embroidered and jewelled,{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=135}} and for putting them on and taking them off during audiences to draw attention to her beautiful hands.<ref>Roy C. Strong, ''Portraits of Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;I'' (Oxford) 1963:18f.</ref> The 1592 "Ditchley" portrait of her features her holding leather gloves in her left hand. In Paris, the ''gantiers'' became ''gantiers parfumeurs'', for the scented oils, [[musk]], [[ambergris]] and [[civet (perfumery)|civet]], that perfumed leather gloves, but their trade, which was an introduction at the court of [[Catherine de Medici]],<ref>[[Charles&nbsp;VIII of France]] received some gloves that were scented with powder of [[Viola (plant)|violet]], but they were not of French making (Boyle 1996:174).</ref> was not specifically recognised until 1656, in a royal ''brevet''. Makers of knitted gloves, which did not retain perfume and had less social cachet, were organised in a separate guild, of ''bonnetiers''<ref>In the earliest usage, ''bonnet'' was the woolen thread worked by hand with the needle or a [[spindle (textiles)|spindle]] (Boyle 1996:174).</ref> who might knit [[silk]] as well as [[wool]]. Such workers were already organised in the fourteenth century. Knitted gloves were a refined handiwork that required five years of apprenticeship; defective work was subject to confiscation and burning.<ref>Boyle 1996:174</ref> In the 17th century, gloves made of soft chicken skin became fashionable. The craze for gloves called "limericks" took hold. This particular fad was the product of a manufacturer in [[Limerick, Ireland]], who fashioned the gloves from the skin of unborn calves.<ref>Jenkins, Jessica Kerwin, The Encyclopedia of the Exquisite, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, p. 85</ref>

[[File:Gloves MET C.I.42.136ab F.jpg|thumb|European gloves, late 17th century, silk, metal thread. [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gloves, European, late 17th century |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/105058 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] website}}</ref>]]
Embroidered and jeweled gloves formed part of the insignia of emperors and kings. Thus [[Matthew of Paris]], in recording the burial of [[Henry&nbsp;II of England]] in 1189, mentions that he was buried in his coronation robes with a golden crown on his head and gloves on his hands. Gloves were found on the hands of [[John of England|King John]] when his tomb was opened in 1797 and on those of [[Edward I of England|King Edward&nbsp;I]] when his tomb was opened in 1774.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=135}}

[[Episcopal gloves|Pontifical gloves]] are [[Liturgy|liturgical]] ornaments used primarily by the [[pope]], the [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]]s, and [[bishop]]s. They may be worn only at the celebration of mass. The liturgical use of gloves has not been traced beyond the beginning of the 10th century, and their introduction may have been due to a simple desire to keep the hands clean for the holy mysteries, but others suggest that they were adopted as part of the increasing pomp with which the [[Carolingian Empire|Carolingian]] bishops were surrounding themselves. From the Frankish kingdom the custom spread to [[Rome]], where liturgical gloves are first heard of in the earlier half of the 11th century.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=136}}
[[File:Pierre Auguste Renoir - Portrait of Mme. Paulin - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Mme. Paulin wearing gloves, [[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]]]]
[[File:Gloves MET 21.510 CP4.jpg|thumb|A glove commemorating the visit of General Lafayette to the United States in 1824.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/156401?&searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&deptids=8&when=A.D.+1800-1900&ft=glove&offset=40&rpp=20&amp;pos=57|title=Glove {{!}} American {{!}} The Met|website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art}}</ref>]]
When short sleeves came into fashion in the 1700s, women began to wear [[long gloves]], reaching halfway up the forearm. By the 1870s, buttoned [[Kidskin|kid]], silk, or velvet gloves were worn with evening or dinner dress, and long suede gloves were worn during the day and when having tea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fashionintime.org/history-gloves-significance/|title=HISTORY OF GLOVES AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE|date=Nov 12, 2013|access-date=Jul 18, 2019}}</ref>

Mainly during the 19th century, the generic or trade name "Berlin gloves" was used for washable, thin white cotton gloves often worn by servants, such as butlers or waiters, and the less well-off in civilian life. The term was also used for white cotton gloves worn with the dress uniform by the American military in the First World War.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/274676-aef-gloves-gauntlets-mittens-1917-to-1919/ |title= A.E.F. Gloves, Gauntlets & Mittens 1917 to 1919 |publisher= usmilitariaforum.com |date=2016-09-06 |access-date=2019-07-13}}</ref>

In 1905, ''The Law Times'' made one of the first references to the use of gloves by criminals to hide fingerprints, stating:  ''For the future... when the burglar goes a-burgling, a pair of gloves will form a necessary part of his outfit.''<ref name = "The Law Times">{{cite book | editor = Horace Cox | title = The Law Times: The Journal and Record: The Law and The Lawyers| publisher = The Law Times | volume = CXIX | location = London | year = 1905 | pages = 563 }}</ref>

Early [[Formula One]] race cars used steering wheels taken directly from road cars. They were normally made from wood, necessitating the use of [[driving glove]]s.<ref name="formula1.com">Formula One  [http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/understanding_the_sport/5287.html] retrieved on 02/01/2011</ref>

Disposable [[latex gloves]] were developed by the [[Australia]]n company [[Ansell Limited|Ansell]].