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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Shoes

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pair of women's oxford-style shoes of light brown kid leather, bound with brown silk ribbon (sewn on with light green thread), lined with off-white kid and off-white cotton twill, with off-white kid insoles. Laces through three pairs of punched eyelets; current ribbon is a replacement. Squared toe; flat, straight sole. Hand sewn.

G90.148a-b

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Footwear

Adult, Female

Historic Costume

Shoes

Female

Kid Leather

Tan

1830 - 1845

19th Century

Early 19th Century

Mid 19th Century

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