{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"1852"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain."},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of the Friends Committee of the Museum of American Folk Art"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1900"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"1979    22    1"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"1979.22.1"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Cast iron"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":""},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/782/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"782"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Cat Bootscraper"},"geographyCity":{"value":""},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["Bootscrapers were a household necessity from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Because unpaved roads turned to mud whenever it rained, a device for scraping the mud off shoes before enterining the house was usually fastened to the front doorsteps; in cities it was often attached to the bricks of cobblestones next to the front steps. Cast iron, which became widley used from the mid-19th c. was sturdy and inexpensive and could be molded into a wide variety of forms. This design is sometimes called \"Shadow the Cat\" and was especially popular in the late and early 20th centuries. Because it was cast from a mold, many identical examples were made. **For more on PPM see Loans Out file.","During the nineteenth century cast iron became a popular and relatively inexpensive material for the manufacture of a wide variety of utilitarian objects, including bootscrapers and door stops. Generally, a carver would fashion a wooden pattern, which in turn would be used to produce a metal mold. The mold made the multiple production of identical objects possible. These were then usually hand painted.Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, \"Cat Bootscraper,\" Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 113"]},"bibliography":{"label":"Bibliography","value":""},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Three Dimensional Works"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":""},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"153451"},"geographyState":{"value":""},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"103","content":"Artist unidentified"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Tools and Equipment"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["Bootscrapers were a household necessity from the 17th through the 19th centuries. Because unpaved roads turned to mud whenever it rained, a device for scraping the mud off shoes before enterining the house was usually fastened to the front doorsteps; in cities it was often attached to the bricks of cobblestones next to the front steps. Cast iron, which became widley used from the mid-19th c. was sturdy and inexpensive and could be molded into a wide variety of forms. This design is sometimes called \"Shadow the Cat\" and was especially popular in the late and early 20th centuries. Because it was cast from a mold, many identical examples were made. **For more on PPM see Loans Out file.","During the nineteenth century cast iron became a popular and relatively inexpensive material for the manufacture of a wide variety of utilitarian objects, including bootscrapers and door stops. Generally, a carver would fashion a wooden pattern, which in turn would be used to produce a metal mold. The mold made the multiple production of identical objects possible. These were then usually hand painted.Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, \"Cat Bootscraper,\" Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 113"]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1900"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1900"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Wednesday, November 25, 1981 - Sunday, September 19, 1982","exhibitionEndISODate":"1982-09-19","exhibitionID":"272","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1981-11-25","exhibitionBeginDate":"1981","exhibitionTitle":"A Selection from the Permanent Collection","exhibitionEndDate":"1982"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"1983-1988","exhibitionEndISODate":"1988","exhibitionID":"292","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1983","exhibitionBeginDate":"1983","exhibitionTitle":"American Folk Art: Expressions of a New Spirit","exhibitionEndDate":"1988"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Monday, January 12, 1976 - Friday, March 26, 1976","exhibitionEndISODate":"1976-03-26","exhibitionID":"316","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1976-01-12","exhibitionBeginDate":"1976","exhibitionTitle":"American Cat-alogue","exhibitionEndDate":"1976"}]},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"11 3/8 × 17 1/2 × 3\""}}]}