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Shoe Buckles1780s

Not on view
Pair of matching silver-toned metal buckles with faceted and stamped decorative frames, each with a double-bar interior and two-pronged tongue
Late 18th-century military uniform displayed on a white mannequin: red wool coat with dark navy lapels trimmed in gold braid and buttons, white waistcoat and breeches, red sash with fringe, gold gorget at the neck, and black buckled shoes.
Museum display of a late 18th-century British military uniform on a white mannequin: red wool coat with navy and gold trim, multiple brass buttons, white ruffled cravat, red fringed sash at waist, white breeches, and black buckled shoes.

Unknown, Shoe Buckles, 1780s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Eleanor M. Bissell, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Shoe Buckles
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1780s
Medium
Pewter and steel
Dimensions
2 5/8 x 2 in. (6.67 x 5.08 cm) each
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor M. Bissell
Accession Number
42.16.23a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Blanco F., José and Mary D. Doering, eds. Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe, vol. 1, Pre-Colonial Times Through the American Revolution. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako, Kaye Durland Spilker, and Clarrisa M. Esguerra. Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.
  • Chrisman-Campbell, Kimberly. "Reigning Men." Ornament 39, no.1 (2016): 34-39.

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  • May 17, 2016
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