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Suspenders
Object/Artifact
Hand embroidered silk (red, yellow, orange, pink, lavender, violet, white, black, blue, teal, olive)on silk canvas (appears to be silk-wrapped linen or cotton). Flowers among key-like motif. Mounted on tan leather wrapped around front to form binding, appears to be hand stitched with upper and lower blue threads. Back attachment of white kid over springs, kid tabs with buttonhole. Front has brass buckle which slides over the end, is attached to a white kid tab which has a wide shallow wire loop to receive the (probably) elasicized double tabs that attach to the front buttonholes 27 1/2 " long 1.75" wide
G96.109
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1858
User Age: Adult Gender: Male
American
embroidered
Hand embroidered
suspenders
braces
wedding
silk canva
silk canvas
Wedding