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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