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Boots

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pair of women's boots of off-white cotton sateen, lined with white cotton twill, and bound with white silk ribbon. Lacing over tongue up inside of ankle, with white cotton lace. Rounded toe; low knock-on French heel. Machine lock-stitched seams, with hand-sewn binding and eyelets. Loose threads on toe of proper left shoe possibly indicate that there was once a rosette sewn to vamp.

G85.755

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Female

Footwear

Historic Costume

Shoes

Female

Sateen

Cotton

Cotton

White

1870 - 1880

19th Century

Mid 19th Century

Late 19th Century

Inside boots

5B

Pen

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