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Pair of shoes

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1807

GUSN

GUSN-47305

Description

Each shoe in this pair is constructed from light blue kid leather with a blue silk bow at the oval toe. The shoes are soled with leather and show a spring heel.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shoes (footwear)
footwear
stitching
leather
silk (textile)
weddings
Women's clothing
Leather
Silk
Hand Stitched
Wedding
Shoe

Inscription

Printed paper label in lining: ""WARRENTED/ SHOES/ SOLD/ Wholesale and Retail, by/ AMOS FINCH/ No. 33 CORNHILL/ BOSTON FANCY SHOE STORE.""

Additional Identification Number

1966.60A-B

Maker

Fitch, Amos

Credit Line

Gift of Alice Allen Merrell, Charles Warren Allen, and Richard Lyman Allen

Accession Number

1966.60AB

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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