Sword belt
Category
Costume
Date
1660 - 1670
Materials
Silk and leather
Measurements
197 mm (Width); 1690 mm (Length); 82 mm (Width)
Collection
Claydon House, Buckinghamshire
NT 1446624.5
Summary
SWORD BELT A man's doublet, Spanish cloak, petticoat breeches, pair of gloves and sword belt. Of figured cream brocatelle. Lined. The breeches trimmed with large bunches of ribbons. Sword belt or baldrick. Cream figured silk (same as for doublet and petticoat breeches) covering a leather foundation which is also silk lined. The ends are sewn together. The back strap divides at the bottom side front and is finished in two points; each is laid on to, and stitched to a separate sword loop. The back strap is inserted into the inner sword loop and secured.
Provenance
Linked to a bill in the Verney family archive dated 18 May 1660 and thought to have been made for the wedding of Sir Edmund Verney (1636-88); by descent in the Verney family; accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust for display at Claydon House, 2005.
References
Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution (Ed. Margarette Lincoln), National Maritime Museum, 20th November 2015 - 28th March 2016, Cat. 59, p.124