Thursday, July 25, 2013

A Georgian Shoe Sojourn: From London Cordwainers & French Shoe Shops to New England Collections

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The John Paul Jones House,  Portsmouth Historical Society www.PortsmouthHistory.org   Portsmouth, NH (USA) Sandra Rux, Curator We ar...
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Thursday, July 18, 2013

From Salem to Macao: The Letters of Rebecca Kinsman in China, 1843-1847

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Rebecca Chase Kinsman, c. 1840s Charles Osgood Courtesy, Peabody Essex Museum Excerpt:  In Our Own Words: New England...
Friday, July 12, 2013

Shoes for All Seasons: A Selected Bibliography

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Several colleagues have requested a specific bibliography on shoes. Below is my own, subjective, selection of favorites. The Art of the ...
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

My kilt arrived...but I think I left my sporran at the Athenaeum.

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As the cold air of the North Atlantic finally broke through the hot July air mass sitting over coastal New Hampshire my new kilt...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

“Tying the Knot” A Single Shade of Gray, Lucy Breed Hacker’s Wedding Suit, 1870

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On April 14, 1870, William Briggs Kelley, a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, married Lucy Breed Hacker [1] ,...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

One Two buckle my shoe, To this day some of us do.

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Outside of the long eighteenth-century, what man buckles his shoes?   Those paste and steel buckles so evocative of the Age of Rea...
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Friday, June 14, 2013

Beau Nash invites you....but not your sword....

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I lost my sword in the 18th century, but still had time for tea... Details define the man; a signet ring, an earring, a pocket...