. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . akes such PlaceThat Garden Roses want their Grace. Shoes of buff leather, slashed, were the very heightof the fashion in the first years of the seventeenthcentury. They can be seen on the feet of WillSommers in his portrait. Through the slashesshowed bright the scarlet or green stockings of clothor yarn. Bright-colored shoe-strings gave additionalgaudiness. Green shoe-strings, spangled, gildedshoe-strings, shoes of dry-neat-leather tied withred ribbons, russet boots, white silken shoestrings,—all were worn. Red heels appear about 1710. In
. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . akes such PlaceThat Garden Roses want their Grace. Shoes of buff leather, slashed, were the very heightof the fashion in the first years of the seventeenthcentury. They can be seen on the feet of WillSommers in his portrait. Through the slashesshowed bright the scarlet or green stockings of clothor yarn. Bright-colored shoe-strings gave additionalgaudiness. Green shoe-strings, spangled, gildedshoe-strings, shoes of dry-neat-leather tied withred ribbons, russet boots, white silken shoestrings,—all were worn. Red heels appear about 1710. In Hogarthsoriginal paintings they are seen. Women wore themextensively in America. The jack-boots of Stuart days seem absolutely im-perishable. They are of black, jacked leather likethe leather bottles and black-jacks from which Eng-lishmen drank their ale. So closely are they alikethat I do not wonder a French traveller wrote homethat Englishmen drank from their boots. Thesejack-boots were as solid and unpliable as iron, 380 IWo Centuries of Costume. Shoe and Knee Buckles. square-toed and clumsy of shape. A pair in perfectpreservation which belonged to Lord Fairfax in Vir-ginia is portrayed on page 377. Had all colonialgentlemen worn jack-boots, the bootmakers andshoemakers would have been ruined, for awould last a lifetime. In 1767 we find William Cabell of Virginiaing these prices for his finery : — pair pay- 1 Pair single channelled boots with straps 1 Pair Strong Buckskin Breeches 2 Pairs Fashionable Chain Silver SpursI Pair Silver Buttons s. d. 2 1010 6 Batts and Broags, Boots and Shoes 381 £ s. J. 1 fine Magazine Blue Cloth Housing laced . 12 1 Strong Double Bridle 46 6 Pair Mens fine Silk Hose 4 4 Buttons & trimmings for a coat 5 2 New England dandies wore, as did MonsieurA-la-mode: — A pair of smart pumps made up of graind leather,So thin he cant venture to tread on a feather. Buckles were made of pinchbeck, an alloy of fourparts of copper and one part of zinc, in
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