Skip to main content Skip to footer

About this object

  • ID:

    45.35b

  • Production date:

    1815

  • Location:

    In Store

  • These woman's lace-up ankle boots are made from nankeen, a yellowish type of cotton fabric orginally made in China, trimmed with a bow and bindings of silk ribbon. The boots' history states that they were made by Miss Frances Burrow, sister of engravers John and Thomas Burrow. This may mean she constructed the whole boot, or refer only to attaching the straight leather sole. The quality of work is as good as that of professional shoemakers at the time. The substantial sole is practical for walking: traces of horse droppings still remaining on the sole show that Miss Burrows certainly wore them in the street.

  • Measurements

    L 207 mm; H 220 mm; W 45 mm (heel)

  • Materials

    cotton; linen; leather; metal; silk

  • Last Updated

    2024-03-14

FURTHER INFORMATION
  • NUMBER OF ITEMS

    1

  • STATUS

    permanent collection

  • COPYRIGHT HOLDER

    digital image copyright Museum of London

?

Record quality:

What is this?

Not every record in Collections Online is complete. Some have low quality images designed purely for recognition, while some have been catalogued only to a basic standard. This graphic is designed to give you an impression of the quality of data you can see. 100% meets all our current data standards and has a high quality image, 20% is a basic record with no image. Individual record quality can change over time as new photography is carried out and records are worked on.

X