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Tan leather slipper with pointed and curved toe; embroidered at toe with silver thread, blue and pink silk pom-poms and spangles. Lined with pink wool; brown leather sole; no heel.
slippers (shoes)
footwear
leather
silk (fiber)
wool (textile)
metal
Shoe
Shoe
Used At Sayward House,
1977.596A-B
Unknown
India; Middle East
2 3/4 x 3 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.596AB
Maine (United States)
Possibly
Possibly
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