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clogs (pair)

Dateca. 1847
Terms
  • Shoes
  • Wood
  • Netherlands
Dimensions10.16 × 11.43 × 27.94 cm (4 × 4 1/2 × 11 in.)
MarkingsLabel, "Capt. Bowers of Lexington Mass. Bought these shoes in --- Holland of a Ladys feet twenty years ago-- Presented to me by Mrs. Young Hastings of Concord Aug. 1869. C.E. Davis."
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberPER2023B
DescriptionOne of a pair of Dutch wooden shoes or clogs (Per2023a,b). Top of shoe has a carved cross-hatch pattern (diamond). The shoe also features an upturned, pointed toe and low heel. The exterior is varnished. The interior of one shoe features a label with the number "418". The other shoe features a label with handwritten script.
Collections
  • Historic Clothing
Object number: PER2176B
1800s
Object number: PER2176A
1800s
women's shoes (pair)
Object number: Cos76.48.1
1785-1795
women's shoes
Object number: COS75.20A
ca. 1915