Pattern, Leatherworking
- Object Name:
- Pattern, Leatherworking
- Object ID:
- 2015.019.04.3
- Place of Origin:
- Newbury, MA
- Date:
- 1810-1815
- Description:
- Shoe or boot pattern. Made and used by Aaron Page (1792-1834), shoemaker, Atkinson, NH, 1810-1834. Brown cardboard, folded in half lengthwise. Ink inscription on outside: "Thin Boot / patterns / price of work / Thin Boots 5 / Thin shoes 2. / pumps 1.3 / Thick shoes 2. / Thick Boots 4 / W. Welted 1.5". Also an inscription on other side of fold, partly covered by large ink stain. Hole at top edge, for hanging.
- Material:
- Paper
Cardboard - Dimensions:
- W-7.5 L-12.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by the seller at an estate auction in 2015. Purchase includes Aaron Page's daybook, 1817-1822.
A native of Atkinson, NH, Aaron Page (1792-1834) was the son of Nathan and Sophia (Page) Page. Ink inscriptions on the cardboard boot and shoe patterns suggest that Page was either apprenticed to or worked for a period of time as a journeyman in Newbury, MA. On January 26, 1815, he married Hannah Davis (1791-1878), also of Atkinson. Page was a farmer as well as a shoemaker, and was active in the community, serving as town tax collector and a founding member of the Universalist Church. Probate records list Page's shoemaking tools and equipment as well as the fact that he was insolvent at the time of his death. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Page, Aaron (1792-1834)
- Subjects:
- Shoemaking, Shoemakers, Shoes
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