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This pair of child's booties is knitted in a modified feather and fan pattern from cream-colored wool embellished with pink-colored silk yarn decoration at toes and ankles. Pink-colored silk ribbons act as drawstring closures at the ankles. Knitted pattern creates a scallop-finished top hem.
bootees (infant footwear)
footwear
knitting (process)
wool (hair)
silk (fiber)
Bootie
Bootie
Unknown
Gift of Mrs. Henry B. Spelman
1942.135AB
ca. 1890 (see provenance)
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