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Ankle boots

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1865-1875

GUSN

GUSN-928

Description

Black satin with black bow trimmed with black lace; side lacing with original silk shoe laces; faded pink silk lining; white kid inner sole; silk tape binding; black wooden heel 1 1/8" high; heel is notched on inside; tan leather sole with rounded square toe; one wooden peg on sole at toe; A = left foot, B = right foot.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shoes (footwear)
footwear
Women's clothing
SHOES

Inscription

Handwritten on sole of A & B - ""46""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.5480AB

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