Last, Shoe
- Object Name:
- Last, Shoe
- Object ID:
- 1966.047.20 a-b
- Description:
- Shoe Last. Two part. Medium brown, fine grain hardwood. Smaller part (b) slides on track and is removable; slides backward in chamfered slot. Chamfered tenon on removable section. This piece has small hole near top back corner. On the last is V-shaped groove near front of flat section. Iron ring mounted in bottom of groove. Vertical hole near front of flat section. Small horizontal hole at back below flat section. Stamped under removable section into main body, stamped on front surface: "C / 5 1/2". Stamped below that in curved text line: "A. I. GOODWIN". Below that in less curved stamp: "LYNN." Bottom has a few holes at very tip of toe. Another group of holes just in front of arch area that go across sole in band. In middle of arch are three distinct holes in a row. In center of heel is cluster of holes and dents. Around edge of heel at back are a number of small holes, some diamond-shaped, some a little slit. Back of heel, halfway up is cluster of diamond-shaped holes. Couple slightly larger holes center of sole just behind toe area.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-3.5 W-2.5 L-10.1 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
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