3634568 Gauntlets (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gauntlets. Gauntlets of leather, sometimes covered with metal plates, sometimes studded with nails called gadlyngs (q.v.), became a part of the ornament of the knight towards the end of the 13th century, and were worn in some form or other, until armour was finally relinquished in the 17th century. Illustration for Adeline?s Art Dictionary (Virtue, 1891). Digitally cleaned image.); by Look and Learn.