Boot
Category
Costume
Date
1890 - 1910
Materials
Doeskin, leather, wood, mother-of-pearl, grosgrain silk, cotton twill.
Measurements
190 x 85 x 270 mm
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 602626.1
Summary
A woman's boot from a pair of boots, made from white doeskin. The boot is decorated on the toe with a line of piercing and is otherwise undecorated. It fastens with ten mother-of-pearl buttons centre front, intact, with a low straight wooden heel and a leather sole. It is lined in cotton twill, with an inner cuff made from cream grosgrain silk.
Provenance
Gift of Caledon