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Dents was established in Worcester in 1777 as a manufacturer of fine leather gloves by John Dent (1751–1811). [1] It is possibly Britain's oldest existing fashion manufacturer. Dent's sons, John and William, helped the company expand throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.
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The glove was instead provided by the Worshipful Company of Glovers and presented to the queen on coronation day by Frederick Marquis, Baron Woolton, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. [13] [14] The glove was made by Dents and once again was of white kid leather, sourced from Pittards, and measured 34 centimetres (13 in) in length.
A glove is a garment covering the hand, with separate sheaths or openings for each finger including the thumb. [1] Gloves protect and comfort hands against cold or heat, damage by friction, abrasion or chemicals, and disease; or in turn to provide a guard for what a bare hand should not touch.
Lin Zexu's warrant for the arrest of Lancelot Dent in 1839 to force him to hand over his store of opium was the opening shot of the First Opium War. Thomas Chaye Beale joined the firm as a partner in 1845 whereupon it became Dent, Beale & Co. [3] It once again became Dent & Co. upon Beale's departure in 1857.
Agloves (pronounced “a-gloves”) was an American, privately held winter touchscreen glove company that made gloves which worked on all capacitive touchscreens. [1] The company was based in Boulder, Colorado. Agloves were launched on September 29, 2010.
The Inuit and Yupik carved snow goggles from the antlers of caribou, wood, and shell to help prevent snow blindness.The goggles were curved to fit the user's face and had a large groove cut in the back to allow for the nose.