Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 477
—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… … 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…
Clothing and dress
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