Puttee
- Object Name:
- Puttee
- Object ID:
- 2001.016.06 a-b
- Creator:
- Crown
Leatherworker - Date:
- 1848-1916
- Description:
- Puttees, pair. Rigid brown leather molded into shape to fit around calve. Opening at front. Double buckle near top which corresponds with one short strap attached to other side of opening, and a long strap sewn near ankle which would have wrapped around calf twice, through two loops at back, before reaching second buckle at top. Two loops designed to attach to a button sewn on the upper inside of puttee (a), and one inside puttee (b). Metal hook sewn onto outside of each, near buckles. Label on upper inside: "The 'Crown' Puttie Legging" accompanied by a logo with a crown in a triangle within a circle. Around the sides of the triangle, but within the circle, is printed "LEGGINGS/ GAITERS/ TRADEMARK REC'D". Both stamped "304" on the inside near the label.
- Material:
- Leather
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-4 W-5.5 L-12.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor's husband was the grandson of Alfred Asbury Collins.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Marion W. McPherson
- People:
- Collins, Alfred A. (1848-1916)
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