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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Boots

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pair of women's boots of off-white kid leather with a greenish cast, lined with white cotton twill, faced with light brown silk satin. Fasten down outer sides with facing cut in reverse scallops, meeting seven brown glass or wood buttons. Toe and heel caps cut with upward points. Pointed toe; curve-lasted sole with instep stained darker brown and marked with dotted curves and with "4 C" in front of knock-on curved heel. Machine sewn.

2024.52.003a-b

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Adult, Female

Footwear

Historic Costume

Boots

Female

Kid Leather

Cotton

White

1890 - 1920

19th Century

20th Century

Late 19th Century

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