Antique Barney & Berry Ice Skates - 1861 Modern Organic Wood Art They are in good condition

They are in good condition (considering their age)

The style is a "flat" ski with decorative grooves like the ones in the picture below with the ladies in the car

The rise of the frame - and the tightness of the weaving are beautiful

and died in 1916

Antique Barney & Berry Ice Skates - 1861 Modern Organic Wood Art They are in good conditionVintage Barney & Berry Ice Skates Steel and Leather Adjustable Sole length Vintage Winter Patented Oct 18, 1861, these "cutting edge" Barney & Berry ice skates featured a leather heel cup and also had an adjustment to vary the length of the sole. Fashioned with hardened steel, these were beautiful and "best in class" at the time. Everett H Barney began manufacturing ice skates in 1864. According to some sources, he invented the metal clamp on skate, a