DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada

Shoe shaped mending kit

NameMending kit

Artist Artist Not Recorded

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

Collections

United States and Canada

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.