Saloon - Sleeve Stockings Sleeve protectors

These were used to keep your shirt sleeves and cuffs clean in a time when laundering was not done on a daily basis, as we do today. A pair of these really adds to the image of a general store clerk, or a newspaper editor on the early frontier. These were also worn by Fancy Dan Gamblers to protect their ruffled cuffs and white shirts. When the store clerk loaded the old wood stove soot around the door was bound to dirty even the most careful.  These are black or dark brown cotton with elastic arm bands.