Red Canvas Braces (Suspenders)

Description

Our period correct suspenders are adjustable, made of light-weight canvas webbing. Uses two black leather attachments on the front, leather tab on the cross at the back and single tabs in the back. Made in U.S.A.

Charles Goodyear wrote about braces in his 1855 book, Gum Elastic and It’s Varieties: “This (suspenders) is one of those articles with which fashion has so much to do, and the choice among the different kinds depends so much upon the fancy of the wearer, as well as upon the real utility of the article, that it may be considered presumptuous in anyone to assert absolutely what kind is best.”