Woman's Boots
ShoemakerMade by
Maison Lapaque-Hoffman
French
Dateabout 1865
MediumHand-stitched silk satin and plain-woven linen, with leather sole and silk-covered wooden heel
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 7 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 10 1/4in. (19.1 x 7 x 26cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionCream-colored silk satin side-lacing boots, with rounded square toe and short Louis heel with continuous sole. The uppers are stitched of three pieces: the toe cap, and two side pieces, joined with a center front seam and a center back seam. The side piece on the inside of the boot is slit, with eleven pairs of worked eyelets for the lacing. The original laces are with the boots (although they are currently incorrectly laced); one lace per boot, of plaited cream-colored silk, with one slender brass tip. The slit is backed with a matching satin tongue. The satin upper is lined with plain-woven cotton; the sock lining is white leather. The soles are made for right and left feet. It is punched on the bottom with little dots forming the letters "gg."
Object number1996.173.0a,b
MarkingsLabel (stamped on inside of boot): "Mson LAPAQUE-HOFFMAN / F. FAVRE Succ. / BOULE DES CAPUCHIES 27 / PARIS." Handwritten in ink on the lining of each boot, in French, is some sort of shorthand by the maker, including a notation of the name of the woman for whom the boots were made: "Mme [overwritten with "Mlle"] Cabll" [perhaps the name is also in shorthand].InscribedThere is additional writing inside the boot that may be in French---it is difficult to make out.
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