Boot
Children’s leather boots with white canvas trim.
- Accession Number 2021.59.86.1-2
- Materials fiber, linen, skin, leather
- Technique assembled, by hand, cut, hand-sewn
- Measurements 20 x 11 cm
Historical context
This high loafer is a perfect example of sartorial adaptation. It marks the transition from mitasse or leggings to pants. The traditional leather flap at the moccasin’s ankle is replaced by a skin tube laced under the knee and covering the calf. This tube takes over the function formerly reserved for the sock, protecting the lower leg. This part of the high moccasin could be replaced by coarse cotton canvas when leather was in short...
- Accession Number 2021.59.86.1-2
- Materials fiber, linen, skin, leather
- Technique assembled, by hand, cut, hand-sewn
- Measurements 20 x 11 cm
© © Collection Pointe-à-Callière, don de Jacques Lacaille, 2021.059.086.1-2
Photo by Michel Pinault
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