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DS1984-516
Shoe
DS1984-516

Shoe

Date1760-1770
MediumSueded leather (Exterior); Striped Linen (Lining); Leather (Insole, Outsole, and Interior Back of Shoe); Metal (Silver-colored buckles)
DimensionsLength: 6 3/4"; Width: 3 3/4"; Height: 2 3/8"; Heel Ht: 1 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1953-1043,1
DescriptionOne of a pair of small buckle shoes of sueded brown leather (possibly once black), bound on all edges with the same leather. Oval toe and shaped latchets that end in a point for buckling over squared tongue with rounded corners. Lined with leather and blue-and-white striped linen. Shoes are made as straights, with 1 3/4-inch high leather-covered shaped heel and white leather rand. Closing marks on soles in the shape of small "sun-bursts". Oval silver-colored buckles fastened to flaps were originally knee buckles, and not original to the shoes.

Construction History
1. 1760-1785: Initially Constructed
2. Silver-colored buckles added later

DS1984-516
1760-1770
2009 Record shot by L. Baumgarten. Pair of shoes.
1760-1770
DS1985-1376
Shown:1985-235,1-2
1730-1750
2009 Record shot by L. Baumgarten. 1953-867,1&2
1720-1735 (poss. worn again late 18th C.)
2009 Record shot by L. Baumgarten. 1953-867,1&2
1720-1735, possibly altered late 18th C.
Record
1730-1750
Record
1730-1750
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1730-1740
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ca. 1740
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ca. 1750
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ca. 1750