Shoes

Afternoon wedding slippers

Name/Title

Shoes

Entry/Object ID

1960.50.3a-b

Description

Purple leather shoes with low, Louis-XV-shaped heels. The shoes are narrow with a slightly pointed toe. They have a long upper opening with no straps. There is a brown silk bow at each toe that is decorated with brown glass beads.

Context

Worn by Breta Brigham Dewey of Montpelier, Vermont. Acquired as part of her trousseau.

Acquisition

Accession

1960.50

Source or Donor

Dewey, Breta Brigham (1887-1968)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1912

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Slipper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Shoe

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Footwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Material

Leather, Wood, Silk, Glass, Metal

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Dewey, Breta Brigham (1887-1968)

Related Places

Place

City

Montpelier

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America