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Pumps Shoes

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1870

GUSN

GUSN-942

Description

Cream/yellowed kid leather pumps with cream silk rosette at toe; linen lining; narrow, long slightly rounded toe; leather covered heel; 6 nails in heel; brown leather sole has dark ridge all around; A = left, B = right.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pumps (shoes)
footwear
Women's clothing
SHOES, PUMPS

Inscription

1. Printed paper label on inner sole of B - ""H.H. TUTTLE & CO./ BOOT & SHOE STORE,/259 & 261/WASHINGTON ST.,/ BOSTON"" 2. Handwritten in ink on lining of A & B - ""21 -a/7"" 3. Handwritten in ink on sole of A - ""2=/2"" & ""44/2"" 4. Handwritten in ink on sole of B - ""2"" & ""aoc/44/2""

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.7250AB

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