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Shoe

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1850-1870

GUSN

GUSN-11729

Description

Of blue-green kid with a round toe, square-cut vamp and two straps that began at the heel and wraps around the ankle to the front. The instep and straps bound in blue-green silk, with an off-white cardboard sole. It is lined in natural linen.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shoes (footwear)
footwear
cardboard
leather
linen (material)
silk (textile)
Children's clothing
Leather
Cardboard
Linen
Silk
SHOE

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4.5 x 2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.1123

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