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Wedding Slippers
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of women's slippers of off-white silk satin, lined with white linen and white kid, with white kid insoles. Bow of off-white satin ribbon topped with rosettes of the same trimmed with off-white cotton lace and a scalloped steel button sewn to throat. Silk-covered elastic bands sewn at ends to each side of opening (likely meant to be twisted around ankle). Squared toe; flat sole. "Droit" and "gauche" written on insoles, and an abstract symbol (presumably a maker's mark) is written on the toe of each sole. Hand sewn.
2025.35.002a-b
Worn by Hannah Chatterton (1836-1921), on her marriage to James A. Hyde (1837-1920) in 1857.
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Adult, Female
Footwear
Historic Costume
Shoes
Female
Satin
Silk
White
From 1857 wedding
circa 1857
19th Century
Mid 19th Century
Hyde, Hannah Chatterton