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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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