Patten
Description
Pair of women's pattens. These protective overshoes were worn outdoors to elevate a wearer's feet above mud and dirt, such as animal excrement, and preserve one's shoes.
Creator
Date
circa 1785-1858
Pair of women's pattens. These protective overshoes were worn outdoors to elevate a wearer's feet above mud and dirt, such as animal excrement, and preserve one's shoes.
circa 1785-1858
leather, wood, iron
9 inches (length), 2.75 inches (width), 1.5 inches (height)
1945.4.1a,b
1945.4
15846
These pattens belonged to Elisabeth Collins (1768-1858), who married Richard Bland Lee in 1794. Her husband was a planter, jurist, and politician in the 1700s and served in both Washington's and Adams' administrations. The couple lived in Virginia.
Gift of Miss Elizabeth Collins Lee, through Miss Marine, U.S. Daughters of 1812.
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