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	This saddle is copied from an original that turned up in the back corner of an old barn, like so many others. While this doesn't yield a great chain of provenance, the details of the saddle are dead-on for saddles and images from the 1850's. The saddle was both well preserved and quite fashionable for its time. The saddle nails had a 6 pointed star inset motif, securing the double welted skirts onto the pigskin seat. It's very rare for the pannel to survive on an original saddle given their construction in fabric and thin leather. The fully-quilted cotton ticking pannel of this saddle was embellished with red morrocan leather piping around the pommel and cantle. The fashinable look of this saddle was further set off by the wooden spanish stirrups with black Russia calf tapederos. This saddle also is indicative of transitions in saddle hardware occuring in the mid-19th century, with most of the fasteners being iron nails or tack, but some brass screws in key structural places. This saddle also survived with its orignal girth, which had identical buckles as the stirrup leathers. The saddle also survived with a saddle housing. References to saddle housings appear as late as the 1840's in print, but by suriviving examples such as this are from later into the 19th century. Faded to buff over time given the dye, this housing originally was a medium indigo blue with yellow binding. This high-cantled, fashionable saddle is extremely typical of the sorts that gentlemen volunteers brought with them to form the early regiments of cavalry in the south during the Civil War. All the pieces copied off this saddle are recreated stitch for stitch. Field modifactions based on earlier accounts and evidence from other surviving saddles are available for this saddle. These include hammered-in staples and rings, circingle slots, as well as pillions to support baggage behind the cantle.                         Saddle only: $1775 Saddle Accessories for use with this saddle: Girth $55 Circingle $67 Stirrup Leathers $83.75 Stirrups $ 74.75 Crupper $57.25 Pillion $124.50 Baggage Straps $56.50 Saddle Housing $325 Holster $95