Ice skates, 1840–59. American. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Anonymous gift, 1944 (2009.300.3473a, b) | Ice skating, a well established winter pastime in northern Europe for centuries, became a craze in the United States in the 1850s and 1860s. This pair of ice skates from early in that period is as visually delightful as they are functional. #olympics #iceskating
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