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The spirit of the French Revolution spread across the channel and buckles, which were associated with the excesses of pre-revolutionary France, were abandoned on everyday shoes in favour of a much plainer, unembellished style.  By the 1800s military influences in fashion brought about by the Napoleonic wars meant that boots were all the rage.  This was the case to such an extent that in about 1818 regulations for the Bath Assembly Rooms stated 'No Gentlemen in boots or half-boots to be admitted'.  So what became of the buckle?\r\n\r\nInspite of the vagaries of fashion it did not disappear altogether and this was largely thanks to the Prince Regent, later King George IV's insistance that it be retained for Court dress.   This pair of low-heeled men's Court shoes is a good example of how the buckle continued to be used well into the nineteenth century.  Its function was both decorative and practical and men in attendance at Court were expected to adhere to this dress code.  At Court such a pair of shoes would have been worn with silk stockings and breeches cut just below the knee, showing off the calf and and ankle of the wearer.","physicalDescription":"Men's black leather low-heeled shoes with buckle; curved throat and toe, narrow leather straps at throat to take rectangular gilt buckle; black leather upper, pair of side seams, edges bound with black silk, all stitched with black thread; red leather insole, and quarter lining, linen vamp lining; brown leather sole, stacked leather heel with sides dyed black.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"leather","id":"AAT11845"},{"text":"linen","id":"x29412"},{"text":"silk (textile)","id":"AAT243428"},{"text":"gilt metal","id":"x35080"},{"text":"cotton","id":"x34841"}],"techniques":[{"text":"shoe making","id":"x40339"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Leather, linen and silk sewn with cotton thread and with a gilt metal buckle","categories":[{"text":"Accessories","id":"THES48998"},{"text":"Europeana Fashion Project","id":"THES265804"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2014HE2250","2006AW1986"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"007","id":"THES325888"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"007","id":"THES325888"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"007","id":"THES325888"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"007","id":"THES325888"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Buckle","id":""}],[{"text":"Buckle","id":""}],[{"text":"Shoe","id":""}],[{"text":"Shoe","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"possibly"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1800-1849","earliest":"1800-01-01","latest":"1849-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"MA/1/H926","id":"ARC163180"},"association":"Archive record"}],"creditLine":"Given by Messrs Harrods Ltd.","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"each shoe","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"each shoe","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"29","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"each shoe","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"These were part of a very large collection of items of dress and accessories which was given to the Museum by Harrods, the department store, in 1913. The collection had been formed by the artist Talbot Hughes, who wrote a book on the history of dress, illustrated with photographs of models wearing items from his collection. A large firm in America had offered to buy the collection and present it to the Metropolitan Museum, New York, but Hughes did not want it to go abroad. At the suggestion of Cecil Harcourt Smith of the V&A, Harrods bought it for £2,500 and gave it to the Museum for the 'public good'. Harrods displayed the collection for three weeks in December 1913.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Mens black leather shoe with buckle; English (?), 1800-1849.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["T.497C-1913","T.497B-1913","T.497A-1913","T.497-1913"],"accessionNumberNum":"497","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1913,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Buckle [1]","Buckle [2]","Shoe [1]","Shoe [2]"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-10-01","recordCreationDate":"2007-05-25","availableToBook":true}}