Gloves were worn at dances. These were not the same gloves worn outside
the house or in cold weather. Ladies had to have many pairs of gloves.
The thinnest and most elevate were for dancing. They removed them to eat.
One never wore gloves when eating. Men removed outside gloves when they
entered a house but wore evening gloves while dancing. Ladies wore gloves
when ever they were outside the house and when visiting and dancing.
Dancing gloves were evening gloves and were not everyday gloves worn
outside.
Nancy
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I can say that gloves were, absolutely, worn in every single
reconstruction of dance from the late Georgian and Victorian eras, in which
I participated
FWIW, I actually did not investigate the matter for myself. It was just
so assumed that I just never thought to question it.
-blake
