Shoe
- Object Name:
- Shoe
- Object ID:
- 1939.012.02 a-b
- Date:
- circa 1790
- Description:
- Shoes, pair. Bright blue silk lined with white kid-uppers elaborately embroidered with silk and metallic thread, gold and brown. Leather soles. Low heel with same decoration. "Strange" silk stuffed and sewn into toes. Chinese embroidery. Worn by Lydia Worcester Sullivan (1738-1820), wife of General John Sullivan of Durham, NH.
- Material:
- Leather
Textile
Metal
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-2.9 W-2.7 L-9 inches
- Provenance:
- Belonged to Lydia Worcester Sullivan (1738-1820), wife of General John Sullivan of Durham, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Fred E. Jones
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