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Slippers
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of woman's slippers of black wool, lined with off-white cotton twill, bound with black silk grosgrain ribbon. High throat, allowing more space on the vamp for petit point embroidery depicting red and green rosebuds surrounded by a ring of red and white flowers and green foliage. Another long roses-and-foliage motif decorates the heel. Squared toe; flat, straight sole.
G2003.182a-b
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Footwear
Historic Costume
Shoes
Female
Wool
Cotton
1830 - 1845
19th Century
Early 19th Century
Mid 19th Century
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