A single dark blue silk satin slipper bound with yellow tape constructed to slip on the foot . The toe is a rounded square, decorated with applied braids of straw in parallel rows at the tip, with large spirals of foliage and flowers made from straw appliqued across the 4" vamp; sole has narrow wais...
Date:
1850-1860
Maker:
Wheelwright, Sarah Perkins, 1835-1917 (Maker)
Material:
leather, satin, silk (textile), straw (plant material)
GUSN:
29746
Accession Number:
1922.988