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Pair of slippers

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Pair of tin slippers on short heels; looped tin ribbons with nothced ends and stamped oval tin buckles mounted at tongues. Each heel, instep, back and sole made separately, soldered together.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Anonymous Donor

    Date

    1889

    Accession Number

    1937-45-4-a,b

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    metalwork
    Decorative Arts
    Pair of slippers

    Medium

    Soldered tin

    Dimensions

    H x W x D (a): 11.5 x 8.5 x 23.7 cm (4 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
    H x W x D (b): 11.6 x 9.5 x 23.7 cm (4 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 9 5/16 in.)

    made in

    USA

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e2ced1b2-4768-4314-b80b-ea8ee7198e57

    Record ID

    chndm_1937-45-4-a_b

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