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1770
GUSN-29736
Pair of cream printed velvet shoes; printed with green and red sprigs and a red and faded orange honeycomb patterned ground; pink velvet covered heel is low; dog? by side seam.
shoes (footwear)
footwear
velvet (fabric weave)
silk (textile)
printing (process)
Children's clothing
Silk
Velvet
Shoe
Walk Right In 11/98-3/99 Eighteenth-century shoemakers and retailers advertised "stuff" shoes with textile rather than leather uppers, such as this pair of velvet children's shoes.
1922.668
Unknown
Estate of Miss Frances Greely Stevenson
1922.971AB
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