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Rare S Loomis / MAKER / Santa Barbara double maker-marked 1890s twisted horsehair cinch measuring 7 1/" wide, 33 1/2" long with 40 twist-braided strands of natural dark brown horsehair connected to floral carved and stamped leather end and leather coverer rings. Center of the cinch has the original hair tassel. Remarkably good condition for its 100+ years of age. Sherman Loomis, a native of Pennsylvania, established his Santa Barbara saddlery in 1858. His business prospered and he moved his shop from Ortega to State Street in 1870. By 1875 he employed seven saddlers and harnessmakers including Jose Alvino Mesa, master saddler and stamper. Though Loomis never lacked competition in Santa Barbara, his firm was the earliest, largest, and longest-lived. Judging from surviving examples, his work was also superior in terms of design, craftsmanship and decoration. His was the shop of choice for wealthy rancheros, both Hispanic and Anglo. At the time this saddle was built, in the late 1870s or early ‘80s, Santa Barbara had a well-deserved reputation for the beauty of the floral stamping of its saddlery goods. This reputation was enhanced in 1883 when Princess Louise stopped to admire a saddle in Loomis’ shop, and asked if the art form used to decorate the saddle could be applied to smaller items. She returned to England with several portfolios and ladies’ belts done in the style that became known as Mexican Art Leather. Also at the time Santa Barbara boasted a saddle tree maker, Florencio Montijo, prominent enough to be listed in the 1880-81 Pacific Coast Business Directory. Though treemaking and leather stamping were almost exclusively done by Hispanics in this era, the decorative silver work on this saddle was done by the father-son team of Edwin and John Field. The cantle and gullet binding were engraved by Tiffany-trained Edwin, while the smaller silver buttons decorating the skirt, jockey and fender edges as well as the stirrup caps were done using a stamping technique developed by his son John. Field first came to California in 1846 as a soldier during the Mexican war. He returned for the Gold Rush and moved to Santa Barbara in 1870. At the time of his death in 1886 Sherman Loomis’ shop was a family affair with four of his sons listed as employees, so the shop survived run by sons Seth and Al. The shop continued to produce superior goods, including the elaborate outfit produced for Santa Barbara hotel and ranch owner Dixie Thompson in 1889. The Loomis shop was sold in 1898 to Herbert and George Tomlinson who operated at the 714 State Street address through 1920.
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