For a very long time, the gloves were known as protection of the hands and decoration. The history counts a lot of interesting cases and traditions connected with gloves, so it gives some symbolism to this accessory. Firstly, gloves were not a part of decorum but means of simple usage. They were made of various cheap materials and were used by shepherds, peasants and soldiers of different times.
The gloves began to symbolise a status of their owner with the appearance of social classes. Sir William Halstead - “ In the winter of 1889 and 1890—I cannot recall the month—the nurse in charge of my operating-room complained that the solutions of mercuric chloride produced a dermatitis of her arms and hands. As she was an unusually efficient woman, I gave the matter my consideration and one day in New York requested the Goodyear Rubber Company to make as an experiment two pair of thin rubber…
