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Culture:English (probably)
Title:shoe buckles
Date Made:1750-1775
Type:Adornment
Materials:base metal, paste, textile: silk
Place Made:United Kingdom; England (probably)
Measurements:overall: 4 in x 2 3/4 in; 10.16 cm x 6.985 cm
Accession Number:  HD 57.070
Credit Line:Gift of Henry N. Flynt and Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Pair of plain metal, square shoe buckles set with paste on black silk (probably not original), which were owned by General Nathanael Greene (1742-1786) who was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. When the war began, Greene was a militia private, the lowest rank possible; he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer.

Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Silk

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