Slippers
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of woman's slippers of white silk satin, lined with white linen and white kid leather, and bound with satin. Each has two long ties of very narrow white silk ribbon sewn to the interior at the side seams. (No back seam.) Squared toe; flat, straight sole. Hand sewn.
G2008.090a-b
Part of Anna Hoppin Dyer’s wedding attire.
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Footwear
Historic Costume
Shoes
Female
Satin
Silk
Linen
Kid Leather
White
Certost
Maker
1830 - 1833
19th Century
Early 19th Century
Paris
France
Western Europe
Europe
Label
On insole of one shoe
[2]5, PASSAGE DE L'OPÉRA, / [crest] / Galerie du Baromètre / CERTOST / Fournisseur de LL.MM. la Reine / des Francais et la Reine des Belges / ET DE / LL.AA.RR.MM. les Princesses / Adélaide et Clémentine d'Orléans. / PARIS
French
2]5, PASSAGE DE L'OPÉRA, / [crest] / Galerie du Baromètre / CERTOST / Supplier to their Majesties the Queen / of the French and the Queen of the Belgians / AND OF / their Highnesses Princesses / Adélaide and Clémentine d'Orléans. / PARIS
Printed
One on each insole
"Droit" and "Gauche / 38 [?] / M"
Pen
10 in
Dyer, Anna Jones Hoppin
Rhode Island
United States of America
North America