Shoes, black wool with latchets, 1760-1770, top view

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Creator

Unknown

Date Created

1760-1790

Subject

Costume accessories; Worn costume accessories; Legs; Feet; Footwear

Description

1760-1790. Shoes with latchets. Black worsted wool (possibly calamanco - there is a sheen which might be a remaining glaze), forms a moderately long vamp (toe) which comes to a point and has a slightly rounded tongue. The quarters (backs) are sewn together in back and overlap the ends of the vamp at the sides of the shoe, where they extend into latchets. These overlap on top of the tongue to close the shoe and would have been held together with a removable buckle when worn. All edges are bound with twill tape. The continuous leather sole incorporates a low fabric-covered Italian heel, and is undifferentiated left from right. Lined with linen. Professionally made. Hand-sewn.

Extent

Length: 27.3 cm / 10.75 in.
Width: 8.3 cm / 3.25 in.
Heel height: 2.2 cm / 0.875 in.

Museum Number

438

Publisher

University of New Hampshire Library

Medium

Wool, leather, linen

Contributor

Astrida Schaeffer, photographer/curator

Date Digitized

3-1-2019

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Comments

The Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection digital catalog was produced by the UNH Library Digital Collection Initiative, supported in part by a grant from the Mooseplate program and New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Additional funding provided by the E. Ruth Buxton Stephenson Memorial Fund.
Photography copyright, Astrida Schaeffer.