Woman's Wedding Shoes

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Alta Harriett Farr (American, 1862 - 1937)

ShoemakerMade by Unknown

Date1885

MediumMachine-stitched leather and cotton, with metal tacks, and remnants of non-original silk ribbons

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 3 5/8 x 2 7/8 x 9 1/2in. (9.2 x 7.3 x 24.1cm)

ClassificationsCostume

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ethel Rosebrooks Larkin and Mrs. Ruth C. Waterman

Object number1974.114.1.6a,b

DescriptionWhite leather slippers, with a short vamp decorated with a leather double bow. The knock-on heel is in a Louis style and covered with white leather. The toes are oval. The quarters are lined with soft ecru leather; the vamp is lined with white twill-woven cotton. The throatline is bound with ecru cotton tape. The sock lining is ecru leather. The soles are straight with a narrow waist.

NotesHistorical Note: Alta Harriett Farr (1862-1937) married Edward Biglow (about 1862-1951) in the home of her aunt and uncle, Mr. George L. Rosebrooks and Mrs. Louise Jane Chase Rosebrooks, of Mansfield, Connecticut, on 10 June 1885. They were married by Reverend Nathaniel Beach. The home where they were married is on the site of the present University of Connecticut, at Storrs.
Alta Harriett Farr Biglow and Edward Biglow had no children, so Alta Biglow's whole wedding outfit was given to her niece, Mrs. Myron D. Waterman of Norwich, New York. She, in turn, gave it to her niece, Mrs. Ethel Rosebrooks Larkin, of Mansfield, Connecticut. The wedding dress went full circle from 1885 to 1974 back to Mansfield, Connecticut.

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