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Shoe

Description

Pair of purple leather ladies' slippers with rounded square toe and low heel. Bound with box-pleated purple silk ribbon and further embellished with larger purple silk ribbon on vamp. Soles are leather.

Creator

Date

circa 1850-1875

Materials

Leather, silk

Dimensions

8.5 L x 2.5 W inches

Object ID

1995.31.16.1-2

Accession Number

1995.31

Resource ID

15957

Credit Line

Gift of Eugenie D. Knapp

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

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