{"id":1038,"date":"2021-06-15T08:58:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T12:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lizzieborden.org\/TinyTuesdays\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2021-08-25T09:00:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T13:00:17","slug":"silver-knee-buckle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/2021\/06\/15\/silver-knee-buckle\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Knee Buckle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id\" dir=\"auto\">Buckle up, buttercup, it\u2019s Tiny Tuesday!<\/p>\n<p>This silver knee buckle dates to the late eighteenth century and features a scalloped edge with a stylized Maltese cross pattern. The simple, yet fashionable \u2013 and essential &#8211; item belonged to Timothy Stowe (1745 \u2013 1832), of Malden, Massachusetts, great-grandfather of Fall Riverite Edward Stowe Adams (1856-1948), who donated the piece to the FRHS.<\/p>\n<p>Also known as a breech buckle, this piece was a commonplace fashion accessory for men from the sixteenth century to the early nineteenth century. Breeches reached down to a man\u2019s knee, where straps would be fastened to close the leg opening. Buckles were made of metal and could be simple or ornate in design, often set with jewels or semi-precious stones. These accessories began to fall out of fashion when knee breeches were replaced with long pants for everyday wear in the 1820s. However, the shorter pants and their accompanying accessories remained typical livery for male servants throughout the nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buckle up, buttercup, it\u2019s Tiny Tuesday! This silver knee buckle dates to the late eighteenth century and features a scalloped edge with a stylized Maltese cross pattern. The simple, yet fashionable \u2013 and essential &#8211; item belonged to Timothy Stowe (1745 \u2013 1832), of Malden, Massachusetts, great-grandfather of Fall Riverite Edward Stowe Adams (1856-1948), who&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"btnReadMore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/2021\/06\/15\/silver-knee-buckle\/\">Read More <i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right i-spcr-l\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104,4],"tags":[105],"class_list":["post-1038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clothing","category-vintage","tag-silver-buckle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1040,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions\/1040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallriverhistorical.org\/TinyTuesdays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}