Leather Shoes/Slippers
date: label: date made
content: 1805-1815
name: label: maker
content: Field, John
notes: label: Description
content: These shoes of gray kid leather date from about 1805 to 1815. Likely made by an artisan working on a small scale, they have a beige silk binding around the opening and a pinked edge along the vamp. They have brown leather soles with spring heels and would originally have had gray silk ribbon ties. The interior has beige linen lining and the maker’s paper label affixed inside.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (ribbon fragments)
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.006544
label: catalog number
content: 006544
label: accession number
content: 28810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shoes, pair of
label: Object Type
content: Accessories Worn on the Body
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Shoes
label: Object Type
content: Footwear
label: Other Terms
content: shoes, pair of; Footwear; Accessories Worn on the Body; Female
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: length: 9 in; 22.86 cm