With an accumulation of about 10 or 12 19th century catalogs and copies, we will be producing an extensive 2 page story with illustrations of 1800s gloves taken from these catalogs for our next March, 2008 Glove Collector Newsletter issue. This will be an article in depth on the development of the glove from the first purportedly used by Doug Allison. It may put to rest some thoughts and ideas but I think it will be an instructive read for any glover wishing more information on the before-turn-of-the-century glove use.
If you're not a subscriber, I will send you a complimentary copy of this issue. Just email me at
glovecollector@tx.rr.com
Of course we'd like for you to subscribe for one year at $18.95 if you want to keep getting this sort of news and insight.
Oh yes, and we will have a story on glove cleaning, from external sources and borrowing some ideas from our glove forum as well.
Joe Phillips - The Glove Collector
