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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 often  given by a young gallant to his favourite mistress. In combat, a glove was thrown down as a gage, or challenge.<br><br><b>Materials & Making</b><br>Seed pearls decorate this very richly embellished glove. Silver and silver-gilt thread and purl (short lengths of metal thread curled tightly together like a minute spring), spangles (an old term for sequins) and coloured silks cover the densely embroidered satin gauntlet. Each motif is heavily padded underneath with additional stitches to give a pronounced three-dimensional effect.<br><br><b>Subjects Depicted</b><br>A snail, a lion and a sheep are embroidered on the gloves.  These animals may relate to the heraldry of the owner. They could also be personal devices of the wearer, chosen to represent some individual quality or virtue.  Many of the motifs that appear in Jacobean embroidery were copied from emblem books. This was a popular form of literature, which linked visual images with moral virtues.","physicalDescription":"Pair of gloves of kidskin, dyed golden brown with tops [cuffs or gauntlets] of white silk satin embroidered with coloured silks, silver-gilt filé and purl, seed pearls over padding in a design of lion, lamb and crowned roses and thistles.  The tops are lined with carnation silk taffeta and edged with bobbin lace of silver-gilt filé and spangles. Around each wrist is a gathered length of carnation silk ribbon edged with narrow, silver-gilt filé bobbin lace.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"leather","id":"AAT11845"},{"text":"metal thread","id":"x30421"},{"text":"silk thread","id":"x30127"},{"text":"silk (textile)","id":"AAT243428"}],"techniques":[{"text":"vegetable tanning","id":"AAT212805"},{"text":"hand embroidery","id":"x30339"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Leather, silk, gold, silver; tanned, hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn","categories":[{"text":"Clothing","id":"THES48975"},{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"},{"text":"Accessories","id":"THES48998"},{"text":"Europeana Fashion Project","id":"THES265804"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2006AM8545","2006BD2915","2006AX7869","2006AX7868","2013GC9776","2011FD8812","2017JV3797"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"015","id":"THES310328"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"015","id":"THES310328"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Glove","id":""}],[{"text":"Glove","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1603-1625","earliest":"1603-01-01","latest":"1625-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Sir Edward Denny","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"41.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"approx","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"1506-1882","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"27.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"approx","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"1506-1882","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"3.0","unit":"cm","qualifier":"approx","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"1506-1882","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"42.0","unit":"cm","qualifier":"approx","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"1506:A-1882","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"27.0","unit":"cm","qualifier":"approx","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"1506:A-1882","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"3.0","unit":"cm","qualifier":"approx","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"1506:A-1882","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 26/04/1999 by DM.\r\n\r\nApprox dimensions when mounted, length 44, width 28, depth 12, all cm","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"These gloves are either the pair reputedly given by King Henry VIII to Sir Anthony Denny, or the pair reputedly given by King James I of England to Anthony's son, Edward Denny. The style of the gloves is appropriate for the period of James I rather than Henry VIII. However, Edward Denny died in 1599/1600.\r\n\r\nFrom the Annual Register of 1759:\r\n“At the sale of the Earl of Arran’s curiosities in Covent Garden the Gloves given by King Henry the 8th to Sir Anthy. Denny were sold for £38.17.0, the Gloves given by King James the 1st to Edwd. Denny Esq (son of Sir Anthy.) for £22.1.0,  the mittens given by Queen Elizth. to Sir Edwd. Denny’s lady for £25.4.0 and the Scarf given by King Charles the 1st for £10.10.0, all of which were bought for Sir Thomas Denny of Ireland, who is lineally descended from the said Sir Anthony Denny, one of the Executors of King Henry the VIII.”","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Pair of men's leather gloves, England, 1603-1625; with cuff of satin embroidered with silk, metal thread, seed pearls","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"John Lea Nevinson, Catalogue of English Domestic Embroidery of the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries, Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Textiles, London: HMSO, p.93, 1938, plate LXVI"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nGloves such as these were a popular form of gift from James I to favoured courtiers or foreign diplomats. They were meant to be carried ostentatiously rather than worn. The embroidered thistle and rose refer to the union of Scotland and England under James I in 1603.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}},{"text":"Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts and the Russian Tsars label text: \r\n\r\nPair of gloves\r\nAbout 1600–20\r\n\r\nGloves were among the most frequent tokens given or received by the English monarch at New Year. These gloves may have been a gift from James I to one of his courtiers. 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