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Collections

Pair of Shoe Buckles with Casecirca 1785

Not on view
Open rectangular case lined with cream fabric, holding two small two-tined dark metal utensils in fitted holders trimmed with paste stones
Pair of metal shoe buckles with paste stone trim, one displayed inside an open dark leather fitted case with silk lining, the other placed beside it on a gray surface.
A set of three bracelets with diamond or paste stone borders and rose gold edging, displayed upright in a fitted dark leather case with cream silk lining.
Close-up of a metal buckle with two parallel rows of faceted paste or crystal stones in silver settings, flanking a central rose gold band with fine milgrain edging, against a black background.
Title
Pair of Shoe Buckles with Case
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1785
Medium
Paste stones with gilded-copper-alloy trim on silver and steel
Dimensions
a-b. Pair of Buckles: 1 7/8 × 2 5/8 × 1 in. (4.76 × 6.67 × 2.54 cm) c. Case: 3 1/4 × 4 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (8.26 × 10.48 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne
Accession Number
M.2007.211.829a-c
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.