Our pal, Denis Diderot offers us an idea of how an 18th-century cloth mitten should look. This image is from the bottom of an illustration in the Encyclopédie.  Knit mittens were not unknown. A survivor was unearthed with British military buttons. Sewn wool flannel mittens were considered an expedient at first, but found to be […]

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