Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 470
Batts and Broags, Boots and Shoes 375 Buskins to the knee were worn even by royalty;Oueen Elizabeths still exist. Buskins were in wearwhen the colonies were settled. Richard Sawyer, ofWindsor, Connecticut, had cloth buskins in 1648;and a hundred years later runaway servants wore … Wedding Slippers and Brocade. 1712. them. One redemptioner is described as runningoff in sliders and buskins. American buskinswere a foot-covering consisting of a strong leathersole with cloth uppers and leggins to the knees,which were fastened with lacings. Startups weresimilar, but heavier. In…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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