Exceptional pair of antique western wooly chaps that are identified on the belt portion by the maker, ‘Clark – Portland’. There is also the numbers ’31 and 62 impressed into the leather. Please note that we have a business letterhead for this leather and saddlery company that informs us more about the John Clark Saddlery Company. Also we were informed that the black angora chaps once belonged to a man by the name of William Easton, who originally was born in Canada in 1854 and lived several years of his life in Nevada where he was an engineer, an elected sheriff, an assessor, successful business man, and a US Senator. William died in 1921 in San Francisco, California.
The chaps are leather and a canvas type material beneath the wooly hair. The chaps are in exceptional original condition with just the right amount of wear to verify their age and uniqueness.
The chaps measure on the inseam approxiimately 31″ long and the belt end to opposity buckle is 45″ long. The longest length is 38″ long. These chaps are originally from a collection in Ord, Nebraska.
