Slippers

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Collection Type

Clothing and accessories

Date

1845-1855

GUSN

GUSN-33162

Description

White silk satin slippers; bound with white grosgrain; trimmed with small white bow of same material as ribbon ties (no longer extant, fragments remain attached). Square toe; square throat with drawstring; 3-1/4" vamp; no center back seam; sole has narrow waist; spring heel; white leather and linen lining.

Details

Descriptive Terms

slippers (shoes)
footwear
leather
linen (material)
satin
silk (textile)
Shoe
Women's clothing
Silk
Satin
Linen
Leather
Hand Stitched
Shoe

Inscription

1. Printed paper label found in both shoes: ""ESTE'/ r. de la Paix 13./ PARIS"" 2. Handwritten on lining of shoe (A): ""B.3=/E"" ""of"" 3. On sole of shoe (A): ""3=4075"" ""72"" ""C"" 4. Handwritten on lining of shoe (B): ""B 3"" ""B"" 5. Handwritten on sole of shoe (B): ""3573 3= /45""

Additional Identification Number

1930.184A-B

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1930.184AB

Places

Paris (Ville de Paris department, Île-de-France, France)

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