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Slippers

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pair of woman's slippers of white kid leather, lined with white cotton. Vamp is covered with large gauze rosette. Green paper label on one insole. Squared toe; straight sole; low, stacked heel.

G98.088a-b

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Footwear

Adult, Female

Youth

Historic Costume

Shoes

Female

Leather

Cotton

White

Marshall, D.

Maker

1845 - 1865

19th Century

Mid 19th Century

Label

On one insole

D. MARSHAL[L] / MAKER. MAIN [ST] / Louisvill[e] / KY.

Printed

Kentucky

United States of America

North America

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