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'''Shoe buckles''' are [[fashion accessory|fashion accessories]] worn by men and women from the mid-17th century through the 18th century. Shoe buckles were made of a variety of materials including [[brass]], [[steel]], [[silver]] or [[silver gilt]], and buckles for formal wear were set with [[diamond]]s, [[quartz]] or [[rhinestone|imitation jewels]].<ref name="Takeda">Takeda and Spilker (2010), p. 183</ref> |
'''Shoe buckles''' are [[fashion accessory|fashion accessories]] worn by men and women from the mid-17th century through the 18th century. Shoe buckles were made of a variety of materials including [[brass]], [[steel]], [[silver]] or [[silver gilt]], and buckles for formal wear were set with [[diamond]]s, [[quartz]] or [[rhinestone|imitation jewels]].<ref name="Takeda">Takeda and Spilker (2010), p. 183</ref> |
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Buckled shoes began to replace tied shoes in the mid-17th century:<ref>Tortora and Eubank (1995), p. 190</ref> [[Samuel Pepys]] wrote in his ''Diary'' for 22 January 1660 "This day I began to put on buckles to my shoes, which I have bought yesterday of Mr. Wotton."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pepysdiary.com/archive/1660/01/22/|title=The Diary of Samuel Pepys|accessdate=16 April 2011}}</ref> Separate buckles remained fashionable until they were abandoned along with [[high-heeled footwear]] and other [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocratic]] fashions in the years after the [[French Revolution]],<ref>Tortora and Eubank (1995), p. 272</ref> although they were retained as part of ceremonial and [[court uniform and dress|court dress]] until well into the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O78521/shoe-buckles/|title=Victoria and Albert Museum: Shoe Buckles|accessdate=20 April 2011}}</ref> |
Buckled shoes began to replace tied shoes in the mid-17th century:<ref>Tortora and Eubank (1995), p. 190</ref> [[Samuel Pepys]] wrote in his ''Diary'' for 22 January 1660 "This day I began to put on buckles to my shoes, which I have bought yesterday of Mr. Wotton."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pepysdiary.com/archive/1660/01/22/|title=The Diary of Samuel Pepys|accessdate=16 April 2011}}</ref> The fashion at first remained uncommon enough though that even in 1693 a writer to a newspaper complained of the new fashion of buckles replacing ribons for fastening shoes and [[knee band]]s.<ref name=Clifford18>{{cite book |last=Clifford |first=Anne |date=1971 |title=Cut-Steel and Berlin Iron Jewellery |publisher=Adams & Dart |pages=18-19 |isbn=9780239000699}}</ref> Separate buckles remained fashionable until they were abandoned along with [[high-heeled footwear]] and other [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocratic]] fashions in the years after the [[French Revolution]],<ref>Tortora and Eubank (1995), p. 272</ref> although they were retained as part of ceremonial and [[court uniform and dress|court dress]] until well into the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O78521/shoe-buckles/|title=Victoria and Albert Museum: Shoe Buckles|accessdate=20 April 2011}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 09:00, 13 October 2015
Shoe buckles are fashion accessories worn by men and women from the mid-17th century through the 18th century. Shoe buckles were made of a variety of materials including brass, steel, silver or silver gilt, and buckles for formal wear were set with diamonds, quartz or imitation jewels.[1]
Buckled shoes began to replace tied shoes in the mid-17th century:[2] Samuel Pepys wrote in his Diary for 22 January 1660 "This day I began to put on buckles to my shoes, which I have bought yesterday of Mr. Wotton."[3] The fashion at first remained uncommon enough though that even in 1693 a writer to a newspaper complained of the new fashion of buckles replacing ribons for fastening shoes and knee bands.[4] Separate buckles remained fashionable until they were abandoned along with high-heeled footwear and other aristocratic fashions in the years after the French Revolution,[5] although they were retained as part of ceremonial and court dress until well into the 20th century.[6]
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Man's steel and gilt wire shoe buckles, England, c. 1777–1785 LACMA M.80.92.6a-b. -
Woman's silver and steel shoe buckles with paste stones, 1780–85. LACMA M.80.92.1a-b -
Man's shoe buckles with case. Paste stones with gilded-copper-alloy trim on silver and steel, France, c. 1785. LACMA M.2007.211.829a-b. -
Man's cut steel shoe buckles, United States, 1780s. LACMA 42.16.23a-b.
See also
Notes
- ^ Takeda and Spilker (2010), p. 183
- ^ Tortora and Eubank (1995), p. 190
- ^ "The Diary of Samuel Pepys". Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ Clifford, Anne (1971). Cut-Steel and Berlin Iron Jewellery. Adams & Dart. pp. 18–19. ISBN 9780239000699.
- ^ Tortora and Eubank (1995), p. 272
- ^ "Victoria and Albert Museum: Shoe Buckles". Retrieved 20 April 2011.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shoe buckles.
- Takeda, Sharon Sadako, and Kaye Durland Spilker, Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700 - 1915, Prestel USA (2010), ISBN 978-3-7913-5062-2
- Tortora, Phyllis G. and Keith Eubank. Survey of Historic Costume. 2nd Edition, 1994. Fairchild Publications. ISBN 1-563-67003-8
