Child's Slippers
PeriodCirca 1841
Place MadePossibly Freehold, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date1841
MediumLeather, cotton.
Dimensions5.5 in. (14 cm)
ClassificationsCostume, Children's
Credit LineGift of Ellen S. Conover, 1932
Object number136
DescriptionPair of taupe leather slippers embossed with diamond pattern. Leather soles. Lined with cotton. Light blue silk ribbon ties on each shoe.NotesAccording to the original accession records, these simple leather shoes were worn by Monmouth resident Eleanor Laird Barkalow, and were donated by her daughter Ellen S. Conover in 1932.
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