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Slippers
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of women's slippers in dark reddish brown kid leather, lined with white cotton, and bound with dark brown silk ribbon. Squared throat covered by a wide rosette of heavily pleated light brown silk ribbon. Squared toe; flat, straight soles with ring stamps. "6" written inside each shoe. Hand sewn.
G2005.042a-b
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Adult, Female
Footwear
Historic Costume
Shoes
Female
Leather
Cotton
Brown
1830 - 1845
19th Century
Early 19th Century
Mid 19th Century
2-1/4 in
10 in
Taken from Augusta Auction website