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Suspenders
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Entirely hand-stitched pair of braces. The majority is made of silk canvas worked with a leafy vine in shades of green, yellow and brown. The ends and sides are finished with white silk, lined with white watered silk. Each back end has a heavy ribbed silk tab finished with a silk point with a buttonhole. Each front has a narrow point at each end, looped through a beautiful cast brass buckle that allows for adjusting the length; the underside of each strap is faced with white kid where it rubs on the buckle.
G2011.039ab
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Accessory
Historic Costume
Braces
Unisex
Silk
Kid
Tan
1810 - 1840