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Infant's Shoes
Infant's Shoes

Infant's Shoes

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Christopher Robert Arno American, born 1963
Date1963-1964
MediumMachine-stitched cotton, with metal eyelets, and unidentified interlining, cotton laces with plastic tips
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 4in. (4.8 x 4.4 x 10.2cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Marie Peichert
DescriptionInfant shoes of fine white cotton knit fabric. Open tab style, with two pairs of white metal eyelets laced with white cotton laces with plastic tips. The quarters are bound with white cotton tape. The inside of the shoes are lined with a white, napped material. The soles of the shoes are the same fabric as the uppers. All of the pieces which make up the shoe are bound individually with the white cotton tape and then stitched together, edge-to-edge.
Object number2002.61.14.1a,b
MarkingsWoven tag stitched in bottom of left shoe: "MRS. DAYS/ BABY Ideal SHOES/ SIZE 2."
Subject Terms
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    Infant's Shoes
    Christopher Robert Arno
    1963-1964
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