Pink silk satin pumps; small matching bow near toe; long pointed toe (not sharp point); bound with pink silk tape which forms elastic for drawstring; brown leather sole; heel covered in matching satin; toe lined with white cotton twill; heel lined with white kid leather & innersole; 9 metal nails on heel.
pumps (shoes)
footwear
Women's clothing
SHOES, PUMPS
1. Embossed on inner soles of A & B in gold - ""Au Louvre/Paris"" 2. Handwritten on lining of A & B - ""EC SS3/ 4140/2S3"" 3. Stamped on soles of A & B - ""25/3"" 4. Small round printed paper label glued onto sole of B - ""57""
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6343AB
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