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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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