Description:
Pair of woman's boots in off-white kid leather fastened up the outside with ten pearl-like buttons, scalloped tops, square toes, and curved, leather heels and soles.
Label Text:
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, fashionable footwear reflected women’s increasingly active roles in society. The earliest examples were often indoor or carriage styles. Delicate fabric uppers, secured to the feet with either laces or buttons at the side, covered extremely narrow soles of suede or thin leather. Into the 20th century, boots became more substantial, made of leather that fastened with center front lacing affixed to thicker soles. After World War I, boots fell out of favor as more feminine clothing and shoe styles returned.
Acquired from Mrs. Thorne, date unknown.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Leather Link to share this object record:
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