As gloves were most likely a very early development in the history of clothing, the early forms of gloves would have most likely have been a ‘mitten like’ design made from animal skins.

These mittens would then have been used to protect its wearer from the cold winters of the North or to protect their hands from cuts, grazes and blisters when using crude flint tools.

It has been mentioned that gloves have been found in Egyptian Pyramids, One early and famous example being a linen pair discovered in Egypt in the tomb of King Tutankhamen dating some 1,400 years BC.