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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Shoe

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Child's black patent leather ankle strap shoes with box. Shoes (1) - brass button; straight last; no heel; rounded square toes; round throat; edged bound with black silk; PW brown cotton sock; black crinkled silk ribbon rosettes. Box (2) - Late 19th century box labeled "The Parisian" which looks to have been appropriate for a man's cravat; covered with green paper printed with tiny Mannerist motifs in gold, the title is printed in maroon Romanesque script diagonally.

G2010.070.1-2

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Youth

Historic Costume

Shoes

Unisex

Silk

Cotton

Leather

Brass

Black

1850 - 1875

American

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