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Man's Boots (Hessian)circa 1820

Not on view
Pair of knee-high parchment-colored silk boots with ribbed fabric, horizontal seaming, and scattered gold and green floral embroidery; one boot shows a striped lining at the turned-down cuff
Title
Man's Boots (Hessian)
Place Made
probably England
Date Made
circa 1820
Medium
Silk plain weave with weft float patterning and silk supplementary warp and weft patterning (brocade), and leather
Dimensions
15 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 11 in. (39.37 × 6.99 × 27.94 cm)
Credit Line
Mrs. Alice F. Schott Bequest
Accession Number
M.67.8.140a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles