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Woman's Boots

Datelate 1890s
MediumMachine-stitched leather, patent leather, silk, and cotton, with enamelled metal buttons
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 7 5/8 x 2 3/4 x 10 7/8in. (19.4 x 7 x 27.6cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Jean B. Rowley
DescriptionBlack leather buttoned boots, with sharply pointed toe and stacked, Louis-style heel. The boot is foxed with black patent leather; the toe box is sharply pointed in the reverse direction of the toe. The button fly is scalloped and lapped to the outside of the foot; it closes with twelve black enameled dome-shaped buttons. The top of the boot is cut straight and is lined with blue silk satin. The rest of the upper is lined with white twill-woven cotton; the sock lining is also white twill-woven cotton. The soles are shaped for the right and left foot.
Object number1959.72.10a,b
MarkingsStamped in an oval on the sole: "J. & T. Cousins / New York" and "5 AA". Written in brown ink on the sole: "77".
The blue satin lining of the boot top is stamped in silver: "Wm. G. Simmons & Co. / HARTFORD, CONN."
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