Object: Shoes
Date: c. 1922
Medium: Sateen and rubber
Country: USA
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: P85.54.5
DescriptionBathing shoes of bright green sateen with black laces and trim, calf height; flat rubber sole, rounded point toe, 15 eyelet lace up front
Label Text:Bathing boots were worn from the late nineteenth century to the 1930s, before walking barefoot on the beach became acceptable. Even in the 1920s—when women’s bathing suits could be as short as mid-thigh—decorum usually required that this boot style be worn with knee-high stockings
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Sporting Life