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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.
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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