Buckles [ Clothing & Fashion ]
… look. These were often sold in an attractive leather-bound case, which suggests that they could be given as a gift. Shoe buckles suited the way that footwear was manufactured in the eighteenth century. Shoes were straight lasted – … (London: Cassell, 1968), vol. 1, p. 268. The correspondence of the Prince of Wales shows that he often sent buckles as gifts. Because they were small, attractive and potentially expensive – and would fit almost any shoe – they made …
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