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Slippers
Clothing/Dress/Costume
Pair of slippers of off-white silk satin, lined with white linen and kid leather, and bound with white silk ribbon. Square toe; low knock-on heel. Bow of white silk satin sewn at top of vamp. Label inside one shoe; "Droit" written inside same shoe as label, "Gauche" in the other. Hand sewn.
G88.131
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
Footwear
Adult, Female
Historic Costume
Shoes
Female
Satin
Silk
Linen
Kid Leather
Cream
Dufossée
Maker
1850 - 1855
19th Century
Mid 19th Century
Label
On insole of one shoe
Paris / 20 Rue de la Paix / DUFOSSÉE/ Succr. de MELNOTTE / Fournr. de plusieus Courts Etrangères. / 23. Old Bond-Street. / LONDON
French
Paris / 20 Rue de la Paix / DUFOSSÉE/ Successor of MELNOTTE / Supplier to Foreign Courts / 23. Old Bond-Street. / LONDON
Label
10 in
1.5 in heel