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Slippers
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of women's slippers of white kid leather, lined with off-white linen, bound with ivory silk ribbon, and with off-white kid leather insoles. Shoe B marked with "A 5 / 2" on lining; both have "656" written more recently with ballpoint pen on insoles. Squared toe; flat, straight sole with dark-stained edges. Hand sewn.
G2009.052a-b
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Footwear
Historic Costume
Shoes
Female
Kid Leather
Linen
White
1839
19th Century
Early 19th Century
10 in
Collins, Elizabeth Cooper Cope
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