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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Slipper
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Datec. 1860-1880
MediumLeather, dyed cotton, wool gold thread, silver thread, fur
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (24.1 × 8.3 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from the Hamilton College Anthropology Department
Object number2023.10.9
Not on view
DescriptionRight slipper style shoe, single. Ornately decorated red slipper with gold and silver embrodiery and a white fur tuft at toe and heel (now mostly missing)

Additional Details

Inscribed Bottom of sole (black ink): "Sadie's Turkish Slipper from Constantinople / Presented by Rev. A. Gridley"
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist
Date: 19th-20th century
Medium: Leather, cotton, thread, feathers?
Object number: 2023.10.6
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: 19th-20th century
Medium: Cotton, leather, twine, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.1
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist, Turkish
Date: 19th-20th century
Medium: Leather, cotton, thread, iron, blue dye
Object number: 2023.10.13
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist
Date: 19th-20th century
Medium: Leather, thread
Object number: 2023.10.5a-b
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather, thread, woven grass, black dye
Object number: 2023.10.11a-b
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date: c. 1920
Medium: Leather, thread, wool, dye
Object number: 2023.10.8a-b
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date: 19th century
Medium: Cotton with gold and silver thread
Object number: S2024.5.7
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather, thread
Object number: 2023.10.3a-b
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date: 20th century
Medium: Wool, cotton lining, thread, felt
Object number: 2023.10.14
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: early 19th century
Medium: Gouache and gold over white ground on paper
Object number: 1986.26
Belt
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with brass tacks, glass beads, sinew, and thread
Object number: 1984.539
Imperial Robe
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: c. 1821
Medium: Silk and gold thread
Object number: INV.431