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Shoe

Object/Artifact

Soft light blue kid; deep vamp; throat edged with lt blue silk ruching; matching ribbon tie that goes through small metal eyelets in the tongue. Square toes. Lined in blue kid. CF seam done with machine zigzag overstitch. Stamped in ink underneath: “Edwin O. Burt & Co./446 & 448 Fulton St.” 5” long

G89.084

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1890 - 1910

shoe

slipper

ruching

kid

machine stitched

child

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