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Many were solely decorative, to display the wealth and status of their owner. They were worn in the hat or belt, as well as carried in the hand. Gloves were popular as gifts and were exchanged as a gesture of engagement or wedding present. In combat, a glove was thrown down as a gage, or challenge.\r\n\r\nDecorative gloves were popular with England’s working class. In 1618 Horatio Busini, chaplain to the Venetian ambassador to England, wrote disapprovingly in a report on English customs:  “all wear very costly gloves.  This fashion of gloves is so universal that even the porters wear them very ostentatiously.”\r\n\r\nThe decoration of this pair is characteristic of the period 1615 to 1625 with couched embroidery in a stylised pattern and fringe of metal thread.","physicalDescription":"Pair of man's or woman's gloves of kidskin, with cuffs lined with carnation silk sarsenet.  Each glove is couched with silver and silver-gilt filé, purl and spangles, and silver filé wrapped around blue silk floss and pink silk floss in a design of roses. 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