Collection Highlights
Baby walker
1700-1800
INV.14959
Pine
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Child's shoes
Object name
Child's shoes
Date
1770-1800
Medium
Leather
Dimensions
overall (largest): 3 x 8 1/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 7.6 x 20.6 x 9.2 cm )
Description
Pair of leather child's shoes; clog-style uppers with two straps on either side which fold over top of foot and buckle.
Credit Line
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number
1951.528ab
Gallery Label
These shoes were found by New-York Historical Society staff members in the walls of the Curtis-Robinson House at Southington, Connecticut, erected ca. 1766. According to the accession record, the shoes were buried in dirt and were believed to have been dragged into the walls by rats.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
