![]() ![]() During that period, they were standard for both daytime and evening wear even some swimming costumes were accessorized with opera gloves. Over-the-elbow gloves were first widely popular during the Regency/ Napoleonic period (circa 1800–1825), and waned in popularity during the early and mid-Victorian periods (circa 1830–1870), but enjoyed their greatest vogue in the last two decades of the 19th century and the years of the 20th century prior to the start of World War I. While the etymology of the term opera glove is unknown, gloves of above-the-elbow length have been worn since at least the late 18th century, and gloves reaching to or just below the elbow have been worn by women in Western countries since the 17th century in an extant engraving of England's Queen Mary dating from the 1690s she is shown wearing elbow-length gloves. ![]()
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