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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Cobbler's lasts
Type:Textile Working Tool; Woodworking Tool
Materials:Maple and iron
Place Made:North America; United States
Measurements:overall: 11 5/8 in x 3 7/8 in; 29.5275 cm x 9.8425 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK B.27.A.14.7
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Description:
A pair of cobbler's lasts in maple, complete with wedges, much stained with red, as though a leather with fugitive dye might have been used. Iron plates nailed to both soles at the heels. Intended for pointed toe men's shoes. Impressed "9 5 1611". Marked in ink, "A.C. Stoddard, North Brookfield, Mass." The collector who owned them before they came to this museum.

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