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Boots
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of women's boots of brown wool sateen with black patent leather vamps and heel caps, bound with brown silk ribbon, faced with white kid leather, and lined with white cotton twill. Lace down inner side of ankle and foot with brown silk lace through 10 pairs of eyelets. Rounded toe; flat, straight sole with ring marks. Hand sewn.
G2002.143a-b
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Footwear
Historic Costume
Boots
Female
Sateen
Wool
Cotton
Brown
Patent Leather
Black
1850 - 1865
19th Century
Mid 19th Century