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Bootee

Object Name:
Bootee
Object ID:
1939.013.03 a-b
Place of Origin:
Chelsea, MA
Date:
circa 1863
Description:
Bootee, baby's, peach cashmere, with ecru silk-flowered embroidery on toes and eyelets. Soles, sides and top bound in white silk. White silk laces. hand-made. Lined with flannel.
Material:
Textile
Wool
Silk
Provenance:
Julianna Perkins Morse (1825-1910) married Charles H. Walker (1822-1887) in 1847. They lived in Loudon, NH, Manchester, NH, and Chelsea, MA. Their daughter Henrietta Parker was born in Chelsea, MA in 1862. Julianna P. M. Walker was the grandmother of the donor, Emma (Punchard) Radley (1885-194?).
Credit Line:
Gift of Emma P. Radley
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