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Shoe Last

Collection Type

  • Clothing and Accessories

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-2960

Description

Small, wooden shoe form for child's foot size, carved from hard dark wood with hole pierced through ankle area for hanging on ribbon or string.

Details

Descriptive Terms

forms (type composition equipment)
carving (processes)
wood (plant material)
Wood
Carved
Last, Shoe

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 4 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1420

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