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Pair of Booties

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1860

GUSN

GUSN-15403

Description

Pale pink; knit--ribbed ankle; ribbed knit with stocking stitch sole; drawstring at ankle with pink tassels (one tassel broken off, one tassel missing).

Details

Descriptive Terms

bootees (infant footwear)
footwear
knitting (process)
wool (textile)
Bootee
Bootee

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5683AB

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