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Slippers

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Three slippers (one pair and one shoe from a very similar pair) of brown polished cotton, lined with white kid leather and white linen. Edges are bound with silk ribbon (purple on shoes A-B and blue on shoe C) and trimmed with a thick cord with tasseled ends, matching the colors of the bindings. Low, knock-on heel. Hand sewn.

G88.229a-c

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Accessory

Adult, Female

Footwear

Historic Costume

Shoes

Female

Brown

circa 1865

Sole of shoe B

Clara A Sizer / 1865

Sole of shoe A

“129 RENAULT A PARIS 15E” and “34”

9 in

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