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Slippers

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Pair of men's house slippers in Berlin work (wool tent-stitch embroidery) on canvas, lined with red wool flannel, and bound with brown silk velvet. The embroidery depicts a wreath of red, pink, and white roses and leaves, with more roses and leaves going toward the back of the shoe, on a reddish purple ground; the roses are done in relief with thick pile. Squared toe; curve-lasted flat sole with illegible stamping at the toe in a three-lobed shape. Hand sewn(?).

G2000.012a-b

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Adult, Male

Footwear

Historic Costume

Shoes

Male

Wool

Wool

Flannel

Purple

Pink

Green

Red

1850 - 1870

19th Century

Mid 19th Century

11 in

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