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Slipper
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Flat slipper of bright pink kid leather, lined with green silk taffeta. Rounded square toe; diagonal seams at sides, and no back seam. Low vamp with extended tab, which holds a rosette of ribbed pink silk ribbon with fringed selvages on top of white net (which seems to be embellished with green and pink silk ribbon); embroidered on the toe with branch, leaves, and acorns. Leather sole is marked "Droit" and has the remains of a paper label.
G2000.061
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Footwear
Historic Costume
Shoes
Female
Leather
Silk
Pink
1850 - 1865
19th Century
Mid 19th Century
Inscription
Sole
Droit
French
Pen and Ink
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