Slipper
- Object Name:
- Slipper
- Object ID:
- 1986.037.02.1-.2
- Creator:
- Carpenter, Willard M. (1835-1906)
- Place of Origin:
- Rowley, MA
- Date:
- circa 1872
- Description:
- Slippers. Baby's. Pair, blue leather with beige leather soles. Perforated decoration around edges. No laces. 5" long cord with brass balls on ends running through each heel. Cloth lining. Decorative brass buckle on one shoe (missing on other). Very worn (open toe on one shoe). Circular paper label in one slipper: "W. M. CARPENTER./ MANUFACTURER OF INFANT SLIPPERS. / ROWLEY, MASS. / PAT.FEB.14 & MAY 2, 1871." Worn by Mary Rolfe Jackman (1872-1955), Concord, NH.
- Material:
- Textile
Leather
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-1.5 L-4 inches
- Provenance:
- Baby shoes worn by Mary Rolfe Jackman (1872-1955), mother of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret Jackman Gesen
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