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Creator
Unknown
Date Created
1860s
Subject
Costume accessories; Worn costume accessories; Legs; Feet; Footwear
Description
1860s. Slippers. Donor identified as wedding slippers. White kidskin shoe with a medium vamp (toe) having a recede toe construction (a flat, low profile with no toe box) and a sightly rounded square toe shape. The vamp is sewn to the quarters (backs) at the sides. The quarters are sewn together at center back. The vamp is decorated with a pinked kidskin multi-lobed bow. The cut ends of narrow cord or elastic ankle ties remain inside the shoes. All edges are bound with silk twill tape. The sole is leather with a knock-on leather-covered French/Louis heel. The soles are undifferentiated left from right. Lined with cotton. Professionally made. Hand-sewn.
Extent
Length: 23.5 cm / 9.25 in.
Width: 6 cm / 2.375 in.
Heel height: 3.8 cm / 1.5 in.
Provenance
Gift or Mrs. Mary Farr
Museum Number
454
Publisher
University of New Hampshire Library
Medium
Kid leather, kidskin, leather
Contributor
Astrida Schaeffer, photographer/curator
Date Digitized
3-1-2019
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Keywords
Women's shoes (footwear), 1860s, Slippers, Wedding slippers, Kidskin, White (color), Pinked edge, Bows (costume accessories), Ankle ties, Twill tape, Silk, Leather sole, Knock-on heel, Leather-covered heel, French heel, Louis heel, Cotton lining, Professionally made, Hand-sewn, Farr (donor)
Comments
The Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection digital catalog was produced by the UNH Library Digital Collection Initiative, supported in part by a grant from the Mooseplate program and New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Additional funding provided by the E. Ruth Buxton Stephenson Memorial Fund.
Photography copyright, Astrida Schaeffer.