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What do we call these; when do we use them?

I don't know if there is an official name, but those are string gloves with a leather palm (or leather gloves with a string back).

They are useful anywhere you want a decent grip but a not-to-warm glove. Driving is the only situation that really comes to mind, and even there, it seem any utilitarian justification is little more than a fig leaf for thinking they look good. And they do.

dopey

They are driving gloves.

M Alden

Michael's remark is precise, they are driving gloves. To elaborate further, they are driving gloves where the driving in questiion is carriages and not automobiles.

From the country,
DDM