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Slippers

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pair of women's slippers of white silk satin, lined with white kid and off-white linen, bound with white silk ribbon, and with white kid insoles. Very small white silk bow on throat at center front. Narrow white silk ribbon ties attached at side seams. One insole marked "Droit" (and has a D written on kid lining), other holds maker's label; both have "B 20 / E" written on insole. Squared toes; flat, straight sole. Hand sewn.

G2000.060a-b

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Female

Footwear

Historic Costume

Shoes

Female

Satin

Silk

White

Viault-Esté

Maker

1854 - 1865

19th Century

Mid 19th Century

Label

VIAULT ESTÉ / PARIS/ No 17. Rue de la Paix / Fournisseur Breveté de L'Imperatrice des Français / THIERRY & SONS / Regent-Street, 278 / LONDON

French

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