Skating boot
Hudora
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1919 - circa 1950
Materials
Steel and leather
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire
NT 82657.1
Summary
A lady's skating boot, left. Black leather laced boots with steel blade fixed to underside. Marked on blade '(figure of skater) Patented Quality Steel, Made in One Piece', 'Hudora / Fagan / Foreign Make', 'Blade specially tempered and hardened'. Founded in 1919 by Hugo Dornseif and named after him: HUgo DOrnseif, RAdevormwald, the HUDORA company had its breakthrough in 1926, producing the first “ice skate in one piece”.
Provenance
Anonymous donation to the furnishing of Fen Cottage in the 2000's.
Makers and roles
Hudora, skate manufacturer