People in colder climates used some kind of hand covering for millennia – gloves, mittens, longish sleeves, etc. These accessories were and still are today extremely helpful in keeping the hands warm. In the early modern and late modern periods of human history, gloves, mitts, and muffs turned into fashion accessories rather than functional items of clothes. It became an appropriate habit to cover your hands in public. If you’d like to find out more about mittens, gloves, and muffs as folk clothing accessories, here is a string of articles on this topic. You’re free to use them for your educational projects.
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Gloves
Men’s Regency fashion of the early 19th century
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Gowns of ladies in the 1640s in Europe. Lace, silks, shorter sleeves, and pantaloons
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Female and kid 19th-century clothes were often adorned with lace
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Muffs
Warm fur muffs were used by men and women alike in the 17th-18th century
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Mitts
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Viking folk clothes in details. Archaeological excavations help find out more about Viking costumes
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Folk dress of Latvia. Noble-looking gentlemen and women in gorgeous shawls with embroidered edges
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