Wedding Slippers

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Wedding Slippers

Entry/Object ID

2025.35.002a-b

Description

Pair of women's slippers of off-white silk satin, lined with white linen and white kid, with white kid insoles. Bow of off-white satin ribbon topped with rosettes of the same trimmed with off-white cotton lace and a scalloped steel button sewn to throat. Silk-covered elastic bands sewn at ends to each side of opening (likely meant to be twisted around ankle). Squared toe; flat sole. "Droit" and "gauche" written on insoles, and an abstract symbol (presumably a maker's mark) is written on the toe of each sole. Hand sewn.

Context

Worn by Hannah Chatterton (1836-1921), on her marriage to James A. Hyde (1837-1920) in 1857.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Category

Adult, Female, Footwear
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Shoes

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Fabric

Satin

Material

Silk

Color

White

Notes

From 1857 wedding

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1857

Time Period

19th Century, Mid 19th Century

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Hyde, Hannah Chatterton