Man's basketball shoe
Converse
(American, founded 1908)
Larry Bird
about 1991
Medium/TechniqueLeather, rubber, and plastic, with cotton laces
DimensionsHeight x width: 17.8 x 34.3 cm (7 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Betsy and Jonathan Woodman
Accession number2008.1354
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceUntil 1991, in the collection of Cathy and Michael George, Newburyport, MA; 1991, sold at Newburyport YWCA charity auction (October 5, 1991, item #204) to Betsy and Jonathan Woodman, Newburyport, MA; 2007, gift to the MFA from Mrs. Woodman (November 19, 2008)
1805–10
about 1940–60
about 1670
1865
1818
