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Boots

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pair of women's boots of pale pink silk taffeta, lined with white cotton, and bound with pink silk ribbon. Boots lace down inner sides of foot with pink silk lace over tongue. Narrow, squared toe; low knock-on opera heel, covered with taffeta. Mostly machine-sewn, with hand-sewn eyelets.

G88.228a-b

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Footwear

Adult, Female

Historic Costume

Boots

Female

Taffeta

Silk

Cotton

Pink

1855 - 1865

19th Century

Mid 19th Century

Inscription

Inside one boot

Mrs. R P Hays

Pen

7 in

9 in

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