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Gloves Past and Present

Name: Gloves Past and Present
Author: Willard M. Smith

Willard M. Smith

Read by jayyyseph, Matthew McNaughton, Availle, James K. White, Chad Gates, Andy Glover, jenno and BettyB · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface (1:47)
Why Gloves? (13:23)
Ancient History of Gloves (17:28)
The Language of Gloves (22:30)
How Gloves Came to Grenoble (19:51)
Glovers in the Eighteenth Century (18:47)
Gloves in Many Marts (28:35)
From Artist to Artisan (21:28)
Annonay and Its Industry (19:27)
The Gloves We Buy (34:45)
Gloves of the Hour (22:33)