"Volito" In-line Roller Skate
date: label: Date made
content: 1823
name: label: maker
content: Tyers, Robert John
notes: label: Description
content: Before the invention of indoor rinks, ice skaters turned to the Volito when they needed to practice and didn't have access to ice. This in-line skate consisted of a wooden sole, a single row of five wooden wheels, and a curved iron bar at the front that served as a rudimentary brake. What made the Volito superior to other models, however, was the unequal size of its wheels, larger at the center and smaller at the ends. This simple modification allowed the skater to execute turns more easily.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Roller Skating
label: level of sport
content: recreational
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Miss Elizabeth W. Plimpton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.64.1040
label: catalog number
content: 64.1040
label: accession number
content: 270696
objectType: label: Object Name
content: roller skate
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 3 in x 3 in; 30.48 cm x 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm