DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada
Shoe shaped mending kit
NameMending kit
Artist
Artist unrecorded
DateMid-late19th century
Place madeUnited States, North America
Place madeEurope
MediumLeather, fabric
Dimensions3 1/8 × 1 15/16 × 6 5/16 in. (8 × 5 × 16 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of the Patricia M. Newman Trust, FA.2016.24.21
Object numberFA.2016.24.21
DescriptionThe brown leather shoe has three ochre color places for needles and pins---two on instep and one at opening. The hinged heel that is lined in green sateen reveals a green veleveteen area to hold a thimble, needle packets or small sewing scissors.
Mid-to-late 19th century
ca. 2017
