Worn Shoe Sole
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Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- In the shape of an old shoe, with leather collapsed and folded, featuring a sole and heel with red glass beads along perimeter to simulate raised nail heads, parts of sole and heal also appear worn away. Sole flips open to reveal match compartment. Striker set inside shoe, beneath laces on reverse side.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1982-23-1183
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- containers
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Matchsafe
- Type
- Matchsafe
- Medium
- Silver, glass
- Dimensions
- 3.3 x 6.7 x 1.9 cm (1 5/16 x 2 5/8 x 3/4 in. )
- probably made in
- United States
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1982-23-1183
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47dae5802-68fb-4717-a27a-2a38da2502a9
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