Getting started with the collection:
Pattens, or overshoes
anonymous, c. 1695 - c. 1715
To protect delicate fabric-covered shoes from the mud and filth of the street, all kinds of overshoes were worn. This pair has wooden soles which stand on a metal ring. It would have required quite a skilful act of balance to walk on them.
- Artwork typeclothing, overshoe, galosh
- Object numberBK-1975-1-B
- Dimensionslength 27 cm x width 9 cm, diameter 15 cm
- Physical characteristicshout, ijzer, leer