Slippers

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Slippers

Entry/Object ID

G2010.012a-b

Description

Pair of women's slippers of kid leather painted yellow with brown dots, lined with white kid and brown figured silk, bound with yellow silk ribbon, and with linen or cotton insoles. Trimmed around the front of the throat with tightly knife-pleated yellow silk ribbon, and with yellow silk ribbon rosettes on buckram backings. Rounded toe; straight sole (stained dark along sides of instep) with short Italian heel.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Category

Adult, Female, Footwear
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Shoes

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Kid Leather

Lining

Kid Leather, Silk

Color

Yellow

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Pearce, James

Role

Maker

Date made

1795 - 1805

Time Period

18th Century, 19th Century, Early 19th Century

Label/Inscription/Signature

Type

Label

Location

On one insole

Transcription

Ja:s Pearce, / LADIES SHOE MAKER / 32, St Albans Str. / Pall Mall / LONDON / FROM / Little Earle Str.t Seven Dials.

Language

English