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Boots
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of men's Wellington boots of brown and black leather, lined with white leather. Pull straps of off-white and blue cotton twill tape. Shaft is brown leather; vamp and quarter are stiffer black leather, shaped with a peaked "tongue" that is carried over the brown leather at center front. Squared toe; stacked heel on curve-lasted sole, thickened and stained black at the edge under instep, and with small nails hammered into heel along outer edge. "Robt Slater Esq" written on lining. Machine sewn.
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Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Male
Footwear
Historic Costume
Boots
Male
Leather
Black
Brown
1855 - 1870
19th Century
Mid 19th Century
Slater, Robert