Shoe

Object/Artifact

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Shoe

Entry/Object ID

G2006.126.1a-b

Description

Pair of man’s riding boots or wellingtons, finely made, machine stitched uppers. Leg is maroon Russia leather (?) and foot is black calf (?) cut with a diamond shaped ‘tongue’. Rather high stacked heels with nails only along outer perimeter; steel arch. Right-left; square toes with rounded corners, little or no toe spring. Woven straps for pulling on. Large, flourishing inked inscription inside top of each on: Robt Slater Esq.2. Pair of slip-on spurs of finely hand wrought steel, with small blunt spikes on the rowels.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1855 - 1870

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Search Terms

boots, leather, riding boots, wellingtons, machine stitched, spurs