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The coloration of this pair of shoe buckles is unusual and pleasing. The combination of the bronze-tone cut steel beads, the brown suede and the gold kidskin is refined and subtle. The three different textures and levels of sheen of the beads and two types of leather also provide a nice contrast.
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Title: Shoe buckles
Date: 1910–19
Culture: French
Medium: metal, leather
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Margaret A. Sullivan, 1967
Object Number: 2009.300.1585a, b
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