Shoes

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Shoes

Entry/Object ID

G2007.074a-b

Description

Pair of women's oxford-style shoes of black cotton velveteen, lined with red kid leather. The throat and facings are edged with black leather cut with one scalloped edge, and there are black leather heel caps that extend to quarter-vamp seam, which is covered with black silk ribbon. Laces through five pairs of metal eyelets. Rounded toe, embroidered with red, yellow, blue, and green in possible strawberry motif; straight sole, stamped with "2" and "WARRANTED / SOLE LEATHER / COUNTERS", with short stacked heel. Machine sewn.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Adult, Female, Footwear
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Shoes

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Velveteen

Material

Cotton

Lining

Kid Leather

Color

Black

Made/Created

Date made

1881 - 1890

Time Period

19th Century, Late 19th Century