Men’s leather gloves in the 18th century
The Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (1765) has a section on 18th century gloves and how they were made:
Fig. 1. Trank (main piece) of a man’s glove. A the index finger, B the middle finger, C the ring finger, E F G the back slits; H the hole for the thumb; I the outer side (the back) of the hand; K the inner side (the palm) of the hand.
Fig. 2. The thumb. A the top; B the side near the opening.
Fig. 3. The piece cut out for the thumb hole.
Fig 4. The lining pieces of the upper part (the cuff) of the glove. A. The top piece; B. The bottom piece.
Fig. 5, 6, & 7. The fourchettes.
8, 9, & 10. The quirks.
11. Simple glove, finished.
12. English-style turned-up glove. A, the turned-up cuff.
13. Embroidered glove, finished. A the embroidered turned-up cuff; B the embroidered thumb hole.
Fig. 18. Trank of a falconer’s glove. A the index finger, B the middle finger, C the ring finger, E F G the back slits; H the hole for the thumb; I the outer side (the back) of the hand; K the inner side (the palm) of the hand.
19. The thumb. A the top; B the side near the opening.
20, 21, & 22. The fourchettes.
23, 24, & 25. The quirks.
26 & 27. The linings of the upper part and the lower part.
28. The falconer’s glove, finished.
Of the Glover.
Perspectives on the glove-makers’ trade from The London Tradesman (1747) and The Parent’s and Guardian’s Directory (1761).
18th century men’s leather gloves
National Trust 1366743, a cream leather glove stitched with blue, and gauntlet edged with blue silk ribbon, c. 1700
V&A T.123&A-1969, white over-wrist-length kid gloves with a plain rounded cuff, made in England c. 1730-1760
A pair of suede gloves that belonged to William IV as a child
Worshipful Company of Glovers of London 23432 + A, “a pair of men’s rust brown (faded, originally a deep orange red) suede leather gloves, flesh side out, circa 1780-1800, embroidered with white silk pointing and leaf sprigs on the back of the hand, and three embroidery stitched points ending in double arrowheads”
Met 1990.236a, b, white leather riding gloves, Britain, c. 1785-1794
18th century portraits & illustrations of men wearing gloves
An unknown boy, c. 1700-1729
Richard Acland, c. 1700-1729
Reverend Thomas Strickland by Alexis-Simon Belle, c. 1703-1710
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford by Paul Carl Leygebe, 1711
Portrait of an unknown man by Alexis-Simon Belle, c. 1712
Henry Portman Seymour by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1714
Sir Abraham Elton by Johan Van Diest, c. 1720
Sir Thomas Saunders Sebright, or possibly Mr Crawley by William Aikman, c. 1720
A member of the Howell or Lightfoot family, c. 1720-1750
The Reverend William Lucy by Jonathan Richardson the elder, 1721-1723
Sir Robert Throckmorton by Nicolas Largillière, 1728-1729
Sir William Harbord by William Aikman, 1729
William II Blathwayt, c. 1720-1729
A young gentleman riding a schooled horse by John Vanderbank, 1728-1729
Henry Kelsall by William Aikman, 1729
Sir John Cope by William Aikman, 1729-1732
Lewis Burwell, c. 1730-1750
Clemens August as a falconer by P. Horemans, c. 1732
Portrait of the artist, 1733 or after
Mann Page II by Charles Bridges, c. 1735-1744
Illustration from the Rudiments of Genteel Behavoir, 1737
Sir James Dashwood by Enoch Seeman the Younger, 1737
George Wenzeslaud von Knobelsdorff by Antoine Pesne, 1737
A sportsman holding a gun with a dog by his side
Gentleman with a cannon by Arthur Devis, 1741
Sir Edward Hales, Baronet, of Hales Place, Hackington, Kent by Philippe Mercier, 1744
Pamela leaves Mr B’s house in Bedfordshire by Joseph Highmore, c. 1744
Leak Okeover, Rev. John Allen and Captain Chester at Okeover Hall, Staffordshire by Arthur Devis, 1745-1747
Learning about the Hounds by Thomas Butler of Pall Mall, c. 1750
Prince Augustus William of Prussia, c. 1750
Henry Vansittart, Governor of Bengal, c. 1750-1760
Thrower Buckle by Charles Catton the elder, 1750-1798
An unknown sportsman by Edward Haytley, 1752
John Campbell, Lord Glenorchy, 3rd Earl Breadalbane
Severn Eyre by Benjamin West, c. 1755-1759
The Artist and his brother Charles, after woodcock-shooting, with their father Thomas Mortimer by John Hamilton Mortimer, early 1760s
Thomas Charles Bigge by Anton van Maron, 1765
William Weddell by Pompeo Batoni, 1765-1766
William Fitzhugh by John Hesselius, c. 1765-1771
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1767
William, Sixth Baron Craven by Francis Cotes, 1768
George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, 1772
Israel Putnam Eſqr, 1775
Heinrich XIII, Graf Reuss by Anton Graff, 1775
The Doctor’s Pill by John Collet
Sir Brooke Boothby by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1780
William Grant by Gilbert Stuart, 1782
Cabinet des Modes ou les Modes Nouvelles, 1 Juillet 1786, pl. I
The Marquis de Lafayette by Louis Léopold Boilly, 1788
John Hungerford Penruddocke by Thomas Beach, c. 1787-1806
Robert Ferguson of Raith and Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Ferguson (The Archers) by Henry Rayburn, 1789-1790
Sir William Heathcote, the Reverend William Heathcote, and Major Vincent Hawkins Gilbert, out hunting by Daniel Gardner, 1790
Henry Angelo by Mather Brown, c. 1790
King William IV as the Duke of Clarence by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1790-1795
The new man after God’s own heart, 1791
Portrait of a man in a grey suit by the Chevalier de Montviol, 1791
Richard Brinsley Sheridan by Joshua Reynolds
The Deserter Pardoned by George Morland, 1792
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1793-1794
Pierre Sériziat by Jacques Louis David, 1795
George Leopold de Gogul by Anton Graff, 1796
Hawking: The Falconer. Mr. Sam’l. Northcote of Plymouth, 1797
Louis-Henry-Joseph de Bourbon, ninth and last prince of Condé by Henri-Pierre Danloux, 1797
Young man in a landscape (probably Auguste Labadye) by Charles Toussaint Labadye, 1797
Skating lovers, 1800
A Prince of the Old School, 1800
Captain Townshend, 1800
Le Suprême Bon Ton No. 9 c. 1802