Edwardian Etiquette for Men’s Gloves

It is considered good form for a man to remove the glove on the right hand before he shakes hands, except when meeting a person in the street. It would make an awkward pause for him to have to stop and take off the glove.

Men's Gloves

When paying a call a man does not keep on his gloves after he enters the drawing room. It is considered good form for a man to remove the glove on the right hand before he shakes hands with any one, except at an evening function, where gloves are worn all of the time, or when meeting a person in the street, when it would make an awkward pause for him to have to stop and take off the glove. – From “Good Form”, 1909

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