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Pair of woman's slippers

about 1820–25
Place of ManufactureEngland
Place of UseBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueLeather, silk plain weave ribbon, linen plain weave lining
Dimensions5.5 x 7 x 23.4 cm (2 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent
Accession number49.1021a-b
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ClassificationsCostumes
InscriptionsWritten in ink on fabric label sewn inside a: "Slippers, Mrs. B. Welles of Boston, 1820-25 Marked by her grandaughter Georgiana Welles Sargent 1906"
ProvenanceInherited by Miss Georgiana Welles Sargent (born 1858) of New York City; Gift of Emily Welles Robbins (Mrs. Harry Pelham Robbins) and the Hon. Sumner Welles, in memory of Georgiana Welles Sargent, to MFA, 1949