Collection Highlights
Kast
Date:
1675-1690
Object Number:
1941.914
Medium:
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Slippers
Object Number:
INV.12038ab
Date:
1847-1848
Medium:
Silk, leather, linen
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 1/2 × 9 1/4 × 3 5/8 in. (1.3 × 23.5 × 9.2 cm)
Overall (b): 1/2 × 9 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (1.3 × 23.5 × 7
Marks:
handwritten: on tag inside 'a': "In my mothers / trousseau 1848 / Mrs. Kingsland"
printed: on tag inside 'b': "ESTE, / Mo Cordonnier / Tient Msm de Souliers / de Femmes et Enfans & c. / Rue de la Paix No 13. / Pres celle No St Augustin / A PARIS."
Description:
Black satin square toed slippers with linen lining and leather soles; each slipper has two silk ribbon ties at the center.
Gallery Label:
These slippers were part of the wedding trousseau of Jane Ann Schuyler when she married David Miller, 1848.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Nicholar R. Mersereau (Louise Schuyler Miller)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
