Buckles [ Clothing & Fashion ]
… Image ‘Shoe buckles’, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 83.1.102, late 18th century. Abstract Buckles were used to fasten shoes in the eighteenth century, as well as other articles of clothing such as breeches and hats. Because they were … so they became the focus of anxieties about the social order. Objects > Clothing & Fashion Keywords Consumption Dance Shoes Buckles are highly characteristic objects of the eighteenth century. Shoe buckles were widely adopted from the … Buckles could be used to attach neckstocks, breeches and hats, but their almost universal use was to fasten shoes. Suites of matching buckles could be purchased together, so as to provide a coordinated look. These were often sold …
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