Longer gloves, worn to the elbow, became fashionable for women in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. The gloves were close fitting and could be delicately embroidered on the back of the hand. A popular and rather striking form of decoration were open-work fillings on the inside of the glove, curving round the palm and up to the elbow. Gloves and mittens (with a thumb piece and peaked top covering the fingers) were often made of silk and could match a woman's gown. These would have been made and supplied by a dressmaker rather than a glovemaker.