Boot
Category
Costume
Date
Unknown
Materials
Iron, Leather, Textile
Measurements
288 x 110 mm; 290 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Albania
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338386
Summary
Pair of Albanian leather boots with heavy iron treads attached to the heels. Pointed curved toes and the whole of red leather with shaped tongues with blue tassels attached to the top of the boots. Tops stitched with pale thread. In notebook no.4, page 31 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Seraphim 11. Pair of Albanian Boots of deep red leather.' Includes sketch.
Provenance
CPW Item 11 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 31