Online Collections Database

Shoe

Object/Artifact

Black patent leather shoes, hand stitched, ankle straps;square/round toes, straights, no heels; small black bow on throat with steel “wreath” decoration. Black shoe button. Rear but no side seam. Lined white PW cotton; cloth binding

G89.175

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1860 - 1880

shoe

patent

leather

hand stitched

ankle strap

straights

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