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Pumps Shoes

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1880-1890

GUSN

GUSN-934

Description

White kid leather pumps; small cream silk bow; bound with cream silk tape; long pointed toe (not sharp) ; heel covered with white leather; leather sole; heels have 10 brass nails; toe lined with linen; heel lined with white leather; white leather inner sole; A = left, B = right.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pumps (shoes)
footwear
Women's clothing
SHOES, PUMPS

Inscription

Handwritten in ink on soles of A & B ""WT.850/1 pr.""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6346AB

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