Pair of shoes

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Collection Type

Clothing and Accessories

Date

1790-1800

GUSN

GUSN-3409

Description

Pair of plain ivory silk satin slippers with wedged 1 1/4" heel. Labeled by maker (see Inscriptions)

Details

Descriptive Terms

shoes (footwear)
footwear
silk (textile)
satin
stitching
Women's clothing
Satin
Silk
Hand Stitched
Shoe

Inscription

"WARRANTED/ SHOES/ made and sold by/ I. BURRILL / In Lynn."

Additional Identification Number

1922.668

Maker

Burrill, I. (Maker)

Credit Line

Estate of Miss Frances Greely Stevenson

Accession Number

1922.968AB

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Lynn (Essex county, Massachusetts)

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