Last, Shoe
- Object Name:
- Last, Shoe
- Object ID:
- 1966.047.15 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Shoe Last. Medium-brown, fine-grained hardwood, two-piece. Removable section at front upper surface that encompasses part of front flat surface. Parallel saw marks that run across width of shoe that are inside surfaces of removable piece. Saw mark curves down towards toe then goes straight up near toe. Piece of square metal nail in front surface of removable section. Horizontal hole in removable section near flat surface. Vertical hole in middle of flat surface. Small horizontal hole near back below flat surface. On sole is worn area adjacent to outer perimeter. In worn area and adjacent to it are a number of diamond-shaped holes. Small cluster of holes in center of sole behind toe area. Group of holes and dark residues in center of arch area. Dark shaped lump at back of last on sole just inside worn groove. Small group of holes on back of last just under flat surface. Vertical crack in back of last. Marked "1" that is large and a "1/2" adjacent to the "1" in top of removable piece.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-3.6 W-2.6 L-9.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of early wooden tools and implements from a farm in Hancock, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Milton F. Schadegg
- Subjects:
- Shoe making, Shoemaking
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