Abraham Lincoln's Slippers

[RJNorton]

Article and photo here.

[L Verge]

Are Nanny and Nanko the images on them?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Cool - Nanny and Nanko slippers...I wonder what those rubber boots looked like that Bud Taft once bought for A. L. on the latter's behalf?

[LincolnMan]

I wonder if they were considered fashionable? What did Mary think of them? Was there some humor underlying with them?

[Eva Elisabeth]

(07-04-2014 06:31 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  I wonder if they were considered fashionable?

In Bavaria, Austria, and Swizzerland they would.

[L Verge]

I think they would be fashionable in the U.S. also. I believe they were called carpet slippers, meaning both for wearing inside instead of heavy shoes that would hurt the carpets and also that they resembled carpet fabric - just like the "suitcases" of the day were called carpetbags.

[RJNorton]

(07-04-2014 12:02 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I think they would be fashionable in the U.S. also. I believe they were called carpet slippers, meaning both for wearing inside instead of heavy shoes that would hurt the carpets and also that they resembled carpet fabric - just like the "suitcases" of the day were called carpetbags.

Jay Monaghan titled his book "Abraham Lincoln Deals with Foreign Affairs: A Diplomat in Carpet Slippers."

[LincolnMan]

Well, they must have been comfortable enough. They seemed a liitle bit much for me as far as design- but it was a different time and a different era.

[Jami Coren]

Does anyone know who had made Lincoln those goat slippers, and if they were meant to represent his pet goats Nanny and Ninko (who sadly perished in a barn fire)?

[RJNorton]

Welcome, to the forum, Jami. Personally, I do not ever recall reading the answer to your questions. I have a few books to look in, and if I find anything, I shall post.