Shoe
date: label: date made
content: 1700-1799
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: American Enterprise
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Douglas Hathaway
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.214253.001
label: catalog number
content: 214253.001
label: accession number
content: 214253
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shoe
label: Other Terms
content: shoe; Footwear; Accessories Worn on the Body; Female