Object Details
- Description
- This 18th century woman’s shoe has a gold silk damask upper, a wooden high heel, and is paired with a clog. The clog (also known as overshoe or patten) has a reinforced leather sole with mid-step support and ribbons to connect the clog to the shoe across the top of the foot. A shoe like this was made bespoke specifically for the customer, and represented a significant investment for the purchaser. Because of this, many shoes were paired with some sort of protection worn for the sole of the show, allowing it to become a flat to walk over cobblestones and protect the nicer upper from the mud and muck of 18th century streets. This shoe is catalogued as CS*214253.001, its matching clog as CS*214253.002.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Douglas Hathaway
- 1700-1799
- ID Number
- CS.214253.001
- catalog number
- 214253.001
- accession number
- 214253
- Object Name
- shoe
- Other Terms
- shoe; Footwear; Accessories Worn on the Body; Female
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Costume
- Clothing & Accessories
- American Enterprise
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_364628
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-793c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
