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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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