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A pair of wool slippers with black fur accents, flannel lining, leather sole, brown laces, and a floral design.
slippers (shoes)
flannel
fur
stitching
wool (textile)
Shoe
Slipper
Slipper
Walk Right In 11/98-3/99 Worn by Rachel Trefant of Bath, Maine, this pair of homemade carpet slippers shows that a variety of matierals, inlcuding carpet scraps, were used as a shoe material in the nineteenth century.
Handwritten note: ""Carpet shoes/ worn by/ Rachel Trefaut Sewall/ Bath Maine"".
Unknown
3 3/4 x 3 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Misses Cutler
1923.412AB
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