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Shoe
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Black silk satin slippers, high straight vamps, no back seam, straights, slightly rounded square toe. Rosettes, now flat, of shiny black ribbon, cut steel buckle in center. Very narrow black grosgrain ribbon ties 16”. White kid lining, black ribbon bound, all hand stitched. 7” long. Label: “Henry H. Tuttle/Fashionable Shoe Store/ 31 Tremont Row/Rips mended gratis” inside one shoe. “Jenny” inked inside each heel.
G90.236
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Accessory
Footwear
Historic Costume
Shoes
Female
Satin
Silk
Black
1855 - 1868
Massachusetts
United States of America
North America
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