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Shoe

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1855-1859

GUSN

GUSN-18428

Description

Leather child's slipper lined with black silk, bow on top in front. Brown leather bottom, paper and cotton lining inside.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shoes (footwear)
footwear
cotton (textile)
leather
paper (fiber product)
sewing (process)
silk (textile)
Children's clothing
Leather
Silk
Unidentified Paper
Cotton
Machine Sewn
SHOE

Inscription

Ink on bottom: ""Serena A. Tucker's first shoes""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4.5 x 1.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.464

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