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Girl's Boots

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Marie Christine Battalino American, 1930 - 2024

Dateabout 1935

MediumMachine-stitched leather with metal eyelets and faux leather (cardboard?) sock linings

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 2 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 5 1/2in. (5.7 x 6 x 14cm)

Credit LineGift of Marie Peichert

DescriptionPale aqua-green toddler's ankle-high boots, styled with open tab front lacing. A white cotton shoelace laces through four pairs of enamelled metal eyelets, backed by a leather tongue. The toes are broad and rounded. The soles are flat and shaped for the right and left feet. The leather is not lined, but is stitched for strengthing along the top edge and on either side of the eyelets. The sock lining is white faux leather (perhaps glossy cardboard).

Object number1995.115.12a,b

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