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Slippers

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pair of women's slippers of reddish purple silk satin, lined in white kid and white linen, bound in brown silk ribbon, and with kid insole (one marked "droit"). Trimmed with bows of same ribbon at throat. Squared toe; flat, straight sole. Hand sewn.

G2000.059a-b

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Female

Footwear

Historic Costume

Shoes

Female

Satin

Silk

Kid Leather

Linen

Purple

1830 - 1840

19th Century

Early 19th Century

shoes

silk

straights

kid

linen

"Droit"

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