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Slippers

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pair of women's slippers of white silk satin, bound with white silk ribbon, lined with white kid leather and off-white linen, with white kid insoles. Four squares of black silk velvet ribbon inside each shoe's throat, two on each side. Very narrow linen tape used as drawstring inside binding across front of throat, coming out to tie at the center. Squared toe; flat, straight sole with ring marks and "C" stamped at instep. Shoe A marked with "G" on kid lining; shoe B holds label. Hand sewn.

G2004.137a-b

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Female

Footwear

Historic Costume

Shoes

Female

Satin

Silk

White

1840 - 1849

19th Century

Mid 19th Century

Paris

France

Western Europe

Europe

Label

Insole of shoe B

ESTE. / r. de la Paix 13 / PARIS.

French

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