On View
Not on viewwomen's shoes
Date1780-1800
Terms
- Shoes
- Silk Fiber
- London
Dimensions7.62 × 9.53 × 19.69 cm (3 × 3 3/4 × 7 3/4 in.)
MarkingsInscription on the sole in pen: "Shoes of Miss Hannah Hunt, Born 1763, died 1820 ...[indistinct] 1898" Label: "of Hannah Hunt, born 1763 died 1820".
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Lucy Jane Wood (1898)
Object numberCos76.50.2
Description1 pair (a,b) of green silk brocade shoes (slippers), hand sewn. Woman's shoes with square tongue, straight seam and leather sole. Buckles numbered Per1160, should be removed. Lots of piecing / shattering to floral motif silk.
Dated 1700-20 (probably too early for owner) and c. 1790.
Dated 1700-20 (probably too early for owner) and c. 1790.
Collections
- Historic Clothing
