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1848
GUSN-55080
This slipper is made from white kid edged and tied with blue ribbon. The toes are square and they have leather soles with no heel.
slippers (shoes)
footwear
kidskin
marriage
weddings
Kid
Matrimony
Wedding
Shoe
Paper label on inner sole: ""C. ROBINSON/ 40/ SOUTH COMMON ST./ LYNN, MASS."" ""WARRANTED BY/ CHICKERING & LONGLEY/ No. 138 MAIN ST./ OPPOSITE THE CENTRAL EXCHANGE,/ WORCESTER [MASS]"" ""Cambridge Aug. 16th 1848/ L. Jane Chase's Wedding slippers"" Paper label in accession file: ""The knitting in the slippers was made by Mother Macoy. She died in 1903. She was Mrs. HN Macoy. Her mother's name was Lydia Woodbury Chase.""
Chase, L. Jane
Robinson, C. (Maker)
Lynn, MA, USA
9.75 x 2.25 (HxW) (inches)
1989.5
1848 (wedding date)
Massachusetts (United States)
Vermont (United States)
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