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Shoe
Object/Artifact
Black patent leather ankle-strap shoes; variable machine-stitched ribbon edging, high straight square-cut vamp; straights with rounded-square toes, back seam. Black round shoe-buttons. Evidence of attached bow or the like on vamp. White cotton lining; inked scribble on sole: 29/EM (?). 5” long.
G89.137
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1855
shoe
patent
ankle strap
leather
straights
child