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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Shoe

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Black silk satin slippers, high straight vamps, no back seam, straights, slightly rounded square toe. Rosettes, now flat, of shiny black ribbon, cut steel buckle in center. Very narrow black grosgrain ribbon ties 16”. White kid lining, black ribbon bound, all hand stitched. 7” long. Label: “Henry H. Tuttle/Fashionable Shoe Store/ 31 Tremont Row/Rips mended gratis” inside one shoe. “Jenny” inked inside each heel.

G90.236

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Accessory

Footwear

Historic Costume

Shoes

Female

Satin

Silk

Black

1855 - 1868

Massachusetts

United States of America

North America

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