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Object/Artifact
Child’s bootees with very square toes, made of soft ivory ‘cashmere’, hand quilted to its ivory polished cambric lining with gold silk thread in a diamond pattern. Plain cashmere soles. Bound with ivory silk ribbon. Ankle high, with pointed flap over vamp that secures with a single, tiny metal ball button that is now a very dark brown, apparently corroded.
G2006.102
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1835 - 1855
bootees
cashmere
hand quilted
cambric
child's
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