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The combination of black and pink or brown and pink is frequently seen in infants' shoes of the early to mid 19th century. While most shoes of this simple type fasten with a tie, the button closure on this example is a less common feature, and here is highlighted by a nicely detailed engraved brass button.
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Title: Shoes
Date: ca. 1860
Culture: American
Medium: leather
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of The Jason and Peggy Westerfield Collection, 1969
Object Number: 2009.300.3342a, b
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