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Cayambe
1858
S-91
Oil on canvas
Artist/Maker: Frederic Edwin Church

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Baby boots

Baby boots
Object name 
Baby boots
Date 
1800-1870
Medium 
Leather, metal
Dimensions 
overall a: 2 3/4 x 5 x 1 7/8 in. ( 7 x 12.7 x 4.8 cm ) overall b: 2 7/8 x 5 x 1 3/4 in. ( 7.3 x 12.7 x 4.4 cm )
Description 
Brown leather tongueless baby boots; each side of the boot top has four brass eyelets; the insides are lined with white cotton twill fabric; the soles are leather and have been hand-applied with metal tacks.
Credit Line 
Gift of Mrs. M. H. Morse, Jr., 1995
Object Number 
Z.1476.1ab
Marks 
stamped: on both soles: "18 / 46"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.