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Fabric & Leather Half Boots
1820-30

Delicious colour.


Cataloguing

The sharp square toe area of caramel leather, the upper area of ribbed silk?,a small corded rosette to the front, edged with narrow silk tape, side lacing with original laces with brass ends, hand embroidered eyelet holes, tongue of same silk lined with puce silk and with vandyked edges,  lined in white cotton, with blue edged tape support for eyelet holes, leather soles, left and right,



soles 10 in/26 cm


Condition

Very good. One small hole below the lacing on the right hand boot. The tongues have slightly frayed edges. Some wear to the soles.