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Woman's Shoes
Woman's Shoes

Woman's Shoes

Dateabout 1880
MediumMachine-stitched leather, cotton, and silk, with cut steel beads and metal pegs in the heel
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 9 1/4in. (8.9 x 7 x 23.5cm)
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionBronze-colored leather shoes, with a stacked Louis-style heel and oval toes. The toes are decorated with small cut steel beads, stitched in a half-snowflake design. The shoe upper is seamed only at the center back; the sides rise in short tabs over the instep, creating a circular opening above the toes. Wide, black silk ribbon ties are stitched to these tabs. (These ribbons do not appear to be original.) The throatline is bound with dark brown cotton tape. The quarters are lined with matching bronze leather; the vamp is lined with brown twill-woven cotton. The sock lining is brown leather. The sole is straight, with a narrow waist.
Object number1996.171.0a,b
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Woman's Shoes
Unknown
about 1835-1840
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Dorothy V. Brosmith
1915
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Goodsell family
about 1885
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Matilda Louise Birnstill
1925-1930
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1917-1921
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Goodsell family
about 1905
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1950.45.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society…
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about 1760-1765
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Mary Elizabeth Carter
about 1871
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Unknown
about 1875
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Matie Bacon
about 1875-1880
Front of dress without the matching cape.
Lyle N. Roapelye
about 1885
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Sarah Congdon Munger
about 1887