Worn Shoe Sole
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the shape of an old shoe, with leather collapsed and folded, featuring a sole and heel with red glass beads along perimeter to simulate raised nail heads, parts of sole and heal also appear worn away. Sole flips open to reveal match compartment. Striker set inside shoe, beneath laces on reverse side.
place: label: probably made in
content: United States
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1982-23-1183
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Matchsafe
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Silver, glass
label: Dimensions
content: 3.3 x 6.7 x 1.9 cm (1 5/16 x 2 5/8 x 3/4 in. )