Suspenders

Name/Title

Suspenders

Entry/Object ID

G96.109

Description

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

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1858

Notes

User Age: Adult Gender: Male

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

American

Lexicon

Search Terms

embroidered, Hand embroidered, suspenders, braces, wedding, silk canva, silk canvas

Relationships

Related Events

Event

Wedding