Gloves / Past and Present E-Book

Willard M. Smith

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Preface Most men, apparently, take their gloves for granted. In these days the little refinements of civilization are accepted among us without a thought; but in so doing we lose a great deal of enjoyment which we never were intended to overlook. Least of all are our gloves commonplace. Mr. Chesterton has something to say about Tremendous Trifles. To my mind, he might have been talking about gloves. If you choose to think of them as trifles, then they are tremendous. For thirty years I have devoted myself to the practical problems of the glove industry, and my connection with one of the substantial firms of master-merchant-glovers in the world has taught me how little gloves are known or appreciated by the millions of persons who buy them and wear them. The pursuit of glove lore—the historic romance of the glove—has long since been with me a selfish recreation. Now I desire to share it, as well as the practical knowledge, with all men and women who have missed seizing upon the real relation which gloves bear to life. In the work of gathering together and arranging the material in this book, I wish to acknowledge my gratitude to Miss Marion Savage, who has collaborated faithfully with me, and has shared in no small degree my own enthusiasm for gloves, past and present. WILLARD M. SMITH.

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Table of contents

GLOVES PAST AND PRESENT

PREFACE

CONTENTS

Chapter I. WHY GLOVES?

Chapter II. ANCIENT HISTORY OF GLOVES

Chapter III. THE LANGUAGE OF GLOVES

Chapter IV. HOW GLOVES CAME TO GRENOBLE

Chapter V. THE GLOVERS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Chapter VI. GLOVES IN MANY MARTS

Chapter VII. FROM ARTIST TO ARTISAN

Chapter VIII. ANNONAY AND ITS INDUSTRY

Chapter IX. THE GLOVES WE BUY

Chapter X. GLOVES OF THE HOUR

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GLOVES PAST AND PRESENT

GLOVES PAST AND PRESENT

By

WILLARD M. SMITH

NEW YORK

THE SHERWOOD PRESS, Inc.

1917

COPYRIGHT, 1917

BY WILLARD M. SMITH

All rights reserved

PREFACE

Most men, apparently, take their gloves for granted. In these days the little refinements of civilization are accepted among us without a thought; but in so doing we lose a great deal of enjoyment which we never were intended to overlook. Least of all are our gloves commonplace. Mr. Chesterton has something to say about Tremendous Trifles. To my mind, he might have been talking about gloves. If you choose to think of them as trifles, then they are tremendous.

For thirty years I have devoted myself to the practical problems of the glove industry, and my connection with one of the substantial firms of master-merchant-glovers in the world has taught me how little gloves are known or appreciated by the millions of persons who buy them and wear them. The pursuit of glove lore—the historic romance of the glove—has long since been with me a selfish recreation. Now I desire to share it, as well as the practical knowledge, with all men and women who have missed seizing upon the real relation which gloves bear to life.

In the work of gathering together and arranging the material in this book, I wish to acknowledge my gratitude to Miss Marion Savage, who has collaborated faithfully with me, and has shared in no small degree my own enthusiasm for gloves, past and present.

WILLARD M. SMITH.

June, 1917.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGEI.Why Gloves 1II.Ancient History of Gloves 9III.The Language of Gloves 18IV.How Gloves Came to Grenoble 30V.Glovers in the Eighteenth Century 41VI.Gloves in Many Marts 52VII.From Artist to Artisan 67VIII.Annonay and Its Industry 79IX.The Gloves We Buy 90X.Gloves of the Hour 107

GLOVES, PAST AND PRESENT