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Slippers
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of woman's slippers of off-white silk satin, lined with white linen and cotton twill, and with kid leather insoles. Low throat, decorated with a rosette of ivory silk ribbon and cotton lace, stitched to a coarse cotton substrate, and decorated with a scalloped oval steel buckle at center. Two very narrow silk ribbon ties attached at side seams. Squared toe; knock-on opera heel. "4/- / M" written on inside of each. Machine sewn.
2021.06.023a-b
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Adult, Female
Footwear
Historic Costume
Shoes
Female
Satin
Silk
White
1865 - 1875
19th Century
Mid 19th Century
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