The image to the right above is from a French fashion plate of 1790 showing a similar (though it appears wider) embroidered garter. For more fashion plates of shoes and stockings, see The Regency Footwear Page
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Photographs provided by Joanne Haug who sells such antique clothing at Reflections of the Past. (You can contact Joanne at antiques@victoriana.com). These garters sold for $400. My thanks to Joanne for permission to reproduce these images!
The image to the right above is from a French fashion plate of 1790 showing a similar (though it appears wider) embroidered garter. For more fashion plates of shoes and stockings, see The Regency Footwear Page |
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| Ivory satin and silk garters to tie up Milady's stockings! The embroidered part of the garter is ten inches by 1 inch. Each garter has a different saying embroidered in French upon it. The embroidery is done on satin while the ties are of ivory silk. | |
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