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1805-1815
GUSN-47464
Each shoe in this pair is constructed from white kid leather without additional embellishment. The oval toe is wide and the last edges are covered with a band of white silk trim. There is a slight spring heel and a leather sole.
shoes (footwear)
footwear
stitching
leather
silk (textile)
Women's clothing
Leather
Silk
Hand Stitched
Shoe
Printed paper label in lining: ""Made, Warrented & Sold, by LYMAN GARFIELD, Fitchburg, Mafs/N.B. Leather Marocco [sic] and kid [illegible] at short notice with neatness and [illegible]"" (paper label interior heel)
1967.97A-B
Garfield, Lyman (Maker)
Massachusetts
1967.97AB
Massachusetts (United States)
Fitchburg (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
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