Kaiser (1993, 141-143), the reference I already mentioned in my last
mail, also quotes the use of dogskin for gloves in Early Modern and
Modern Time.
Best
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Am 25.06.2010 um 20:53 schrieb Serjeantson D.:
> I agree. The question of dogskin gloves was mentioned in : Animal
> remains and the tanning trade, in Diet and Crafts in Towns: The
> evidence of animal remains from the Roman to the Post-Medieval
> periods, (1989). eds. D. Serjeantson & T. Waldron Oxford: BAR
> British Series, 129-46.
>
> Best to all,
> Dale
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> Has anyone considered the possibility that if the dogs had been
> skinned the skins were being used for gloves? I seem to remember
> that inventories of glovers in the 17th C have included dog skins.
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