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Woman's Wedding Shoes
Woman's Wedding Shoes

Woman's Wedding Shoes

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Fannie Abigail Tibbals American, born 1854
Date1870-1884
MediumHand-stitched leather, silk, and cotton
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 10 1/8in. (8.3 x 7 x 25.7cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Helen W. Simonds
DescriptionWhite kid leather flat slippers, with rounded square toes. The top of each slipper is almost completely covered with a large rosette made of loops of ecru satin ribbon. This rosette is supported by a backing of reused printed card stock (or heavy-weight paper), covered with sheer white net. The side seams are hand stitched; old stitching holes indicate that the seams were once covered with a silk binding. The throatline is edged with pleated silk ribbon; only a few small remnants of silk tape remain from that which originally bound the throatline. The uppers are lined with white twill-woven cotton, and the sock lining is white leather. The soles are straight.

The unusual and frugal construction of the rosette and the hand stitching of the slippers' seams and binding suggests that the uppers were homemade and then taken to a professional shoemaker to be soled.
Object number1976.53.4a,b
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Woman's Wedding Shoes
Catherine Seymour
about 1865-1870
Woman's Wedding Shoes
Fannie Abigail Tibbals
about 1880
Woman's Shoes
Brace family
about 1820-1825
Woman's Shoes
Brace family
about 1865
Gift of Robert L. Ward, 1983.80.1a,b  © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Samuel Woodruff
about 1810
Gift of Helen W. Simonds, 1976.53.3, Connecticut Historical Society, Public Domain
Fannie Abigail Tibbals
9 September 1884
Woman's Shoes
Unknown
about 1795-1800
Dress
Fannie Abigail Tibbals
1874
Woman's Shoes
Unknown
about 1800
Woman's Shoes
Unknown
about 1850-1855
Gift of Mrs. Francis D. Ellis, 1973.40.1, the Connecticut Historical Society
Che Chiang Liang
about 1908