Slippers

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Slippers

Entry/Object ID

G95.101a-b

Description

Pair of slippers of white kid leather, lined with white linen, bound with white silk ribbon, and with wider white silk ribbons (ends pinked) attached for ties. Each slipper has a white silk ribbon (possibly the same used for binding) tightly knife-pleated across the collar, surmounted by a bow of a wider white silk ribbon with scalloped, picoted edges. Rounded toe; flat, straight sole. Shoe A has a point embossed down the instep, the leather on either side of the point deliberately stained dark. Both soles are ring-stamped.

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

Material

Leather

Lining

Linen

Color

White

Made/Created

Date made

1810 - 1812

Time Period

19th Century, Early 19th Century

Label/Inscription/Signature

Location

Insole of one shoe

Transcription

Mother’s before / she was married

Material/Technique

Pencil